Figure 1 gives an overview of the four strategies implemented in the post-hoc analyses.
In the post-reassessment data set, no distinct gap was found between maximum pairwise intraspecific distances (range 0.00-3.01%) and minimum interspecific distances (range: 0.77-11.33%).
Identity changes resulting from the taxonomic reassessment did not modify the total number of taxa in the post-reassessment data set, as three species were split while three other pairs were lumped, but it brought the number of taxa represented by 2 or more specimens to a total of 137.
Missing intraspecific distances in taxa represented by a single sequence denoted by ---, missing distancausedues caused by the absence of a taxon in the post-reassessment data set denoted by X.
Pairwise intraspecific distances in the post-reassessment data set ranged from 0 to 3.01% (average of means = 0.19%; average of maxima = 0.42%), whereas minimum interspecific distances to nearest neighbour ranged from 0.77 to 11.33% (average = 4.82%).
In the post-reassessment data set, only H. evecta, H. laxifrons and S. atrisquamula demonstrated maximum levels of intraspecific distances greater than 2% (but still no higher than 3.01%) coupled with homogeneous morphological characters.
The recommendation was implemented in 1955.
The experiment was implemented in E-Prime.
The analyses were implemented in three ways.
The algorithm was implemented in Matlab.
