Phylogeny of sand termites

The sand termite Psammotermes allocerus is widely distributed in southern Africa. To investigate the genetic diversity of this species 113 samples were collected arid regions South Africa, Namibia and Angola fairy circles also landscapes without circles. mitochondrial markers COI COII selected to perform Bayesian Inference analysis. phylogenetic tree composed eight well-supported groups within complex. In a synopsis with studied morphological features Northern Namib, Western Kalahari Basin, Nama, Southwestern Kalahari, East Gariep, Southern Tsau IIKhaeb Succulent Karoo should be considered as distinct species. name P. used for collections due their basal position phylogeny.