Baylisascaris procyonis

Camp, Lauren E., Radke, Marc R., Shihabi, Danny M., Pagan, Christopher, Yang, Guangyou & Nadler, Steven A., 2018, Molecular phylogenetics and species-level systematics of Baylisascaris, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 7 (3), pp. 450-462 : 456

3.7. Species delimitation of B. procyonis and B. columnaris using BP &P

The results of species delimitation using BP&P were dependent on the priors used for Θ and τ 0. Posterior probabilities (PP) for each species and the total number of species are summarized for each prior combination in Table 4. The strongest support for B. columnaris and B. procyonis as separate species occurred with a moderate population size (G Θ (1.95, 300)) and a shallow divergence time (G τ 0 (2, 2000)). At this prior combination, both species had PP support of 0.91, and B. transfuga had a PP of 1; the PP for three species was also 0.91. Priors for a large population size (G Θ (1.95, 30)) and a shallow divergence time (G τ 0 (2,

2000)) resolved lower support for B. procyonis and B. columnaris as separate species (0.72 for both). No other prior combinations supported B. columnaris and B. procyonis as separate species ( Table 4).