Table 5. Comparison of Wolbachia allele groups recovered here to the MLST Wolbachia allele database with the Family of the host and the range of nations from which the hosts were collected.

Allele group	Frequency	Similarity to MLST	Host Range (Family)	Geographic Range (Nation)	Notes
MAS-2	107	5–11 mismatches to coxA-6	Agaoninae, Agaonidae, Hymenoptera, Sycoryctinae, Sycophaginae, Formicidae, Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, Halictidae,	China, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Costa Rica, Canada	52% from Agaoninae, 83% from China
coxA-1	102	99.49% similarty to coxA-1 (1 mismatch)	Agaonidae, Halictidae, Agaoninae, Ichneumonidae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Sycophaginae, Chalcididae, Tachinidae, Sycoryctinae	China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mauritius, United States, Reunion, Canada	22% from Agaonidae, 43% from China. May be as many as three strains -but the variability is outside of MLST region.
coxA-6	97	98.47% similarity to coxA-6 (3 mismatches)	Agaoninae, Epichrysomallinae, Formicidae, Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, Agaonidae, Sycophaginae, Eurytominae, Halictidae, Hymenoptera,	China, Papua New Guinea, United Kingdom, Canada, Costa Rica, Kenya, Madagascar, Thailand	16% from Agaonidae, 72% from China
MAS-1	41	Potential mixture of allelles.	Braconidae, Halictidae, Agaoninae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Epichrysomallinae	Costa Rica, United States, China, Papua New Guinea	80% from Braconidae, 68% from Costa Rica
MAS-3 & coxA-17	7	99.49% similarity to coxA-17 (1 mismatch)	Agaoninae, Colletidae, Formicidae	China, South Africa, Zambia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand
coxA-7 & coxA-19	6	mixture	Ichneumonidae, Chalcididae, Braconidae	Costa Rica, Canada, Papua New Guinea
coxA-2	5	mixture	Formicidae, Halictidae, Braconidae	Costa Rica, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea
coxA-111	3	exact	Tachinidae, Agaoninae	Papua New Guinea, China
coxA-23	2	near hit	Halictidae	Isreal, Kyrgyzstan
coxA-103 (near)	1	near	Braconidae	Papua New Guinea
coxA-15 (near)	1	near	Ichneumonidae	Costa Rica
coxA-33	1	or several others	Ichneumonidae	Costa Rica
coxA-5	1	or several others	Braconidae	Thailand
MAS-4	1	99.35% similarity to coxA-44 (1 mismatch)	Formicidae	Papua New Guinea