Overall DNA barcoding success
Our barcoding process resulted in full-length COI barcodes for 334
specimens (74.2 %), plus FC-only and BR-only barcodes for a further 17
(3.78 %) and 88 (19.6 %) specimens, respectively. In total,
full-length or partial COI barcodes were recovered for 439 of 450
specimens (97.6 %) (Table 1, Figure 1). This included full-length /
partial barcodes for 87.9 % / 9.85 % of earthworm specimens, 66.2 % /
31.9 % of Hymenoptera specimens, and 65.8 % / 30.7 % of Coleoptera
specimens, respectively.