The present results of
our phylogenetic analyses based on the 18S sequences agree well with
Choudhury & Nadler's (2016) [14] study, and also supported
Truttaedacnitis, Cucullanus and Dichelyne are not monophyletic assemblages.
In addition, the phylogenetic trees were firstly inferred using
maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) based on the
ITS and cox1 sequences, respectively, and the results further confirmed
Cucullanus and Dichelyne may be not monophyletic. However, a more
rigorous study with broader representation of Cucullanidae is required
to elucidate the phylogenetic relationship between Cucullanus and its
related genus-level taxa.