Table 1.
Species | Distribution | Host-alternating? | Soldiers present? | Reference |
P. bursarius (Linnaeus) | Worldwide | Yes | Yes | [15] |
P. dorocola Matsumura | Japan, Korea, Siberia | Yes | Yes | [23, 46] |
P. gairi Stroyan | UK | Yes | Yes | [15] |
P. monophagus Maxson | Western North America | No | Yes | [31] |
P. obesinymphae Aoki & Moran | USA | Yes | Yes | [47, 48] |
P. phenax Börner & Blunck | Europe | Yes | Yes | [15] |
P. populi Courchet | Europe, Asia | Yes | No | [15] |
P. protospirae Lichtenstein | Europe, central Asia | Yes | Yes | [15] |
P. spyrothecae Passerini | Europe to westernSiberia | No | Yes | [22, 24] |
The three species that were subject to detailed ecological study are shown in bold typeface. (After Rhoden and Foster [15])