Table 1 Divergence dates of the major clades of the B. tabaci species complex estimated using BEAST[44], see Figure3 for alphabetically labeled clades

A

Bemisia

86

70-102

B

Various Bemisia species

72

62-89

C

Various Bemisia species

62

50-77

D

B. tabaci complex

57

45-66

E

All major clades split from the SSA species

48

34-60

F

Sub-Saharan Africa/Bemisia sp.

48

30-64

G

New World species and Asian species diverge

44

33-55

H

Asian species and Italy diverge

39

23-53

I

B. emilae and sub-Saharan Africa

39

20-48

J

Asian species diversification

36

25-50

K

Asian species diversification

32

22-48

L

Asian species diversification

30

20-44

M

AsiaII diverges

28

18-38

N

Asia1/Australia species diversification

27

17-40

O

China1, 2, 3 and Japan diverge

24

14-45

P

Sub-Saharan Africa

23

12-39

Q

MED/MEAM1/Indian Ocean

21

10-35

R

Asia1/AsiaII/Australia

20

9-35

S

MED/MEAM1

13

8-25

T

New World

13

5-28

U

Asia1

11

4-30

V

Italy

11

6-27

W

MED

10

2-29

X

MEAM1

7

0.5-15

Y

Indian Ocean

3

0.5-8