Table 4.
The number of alleles (A), allelic richness (AR), private alleles (AP), frequency of private alleles (AF) and expected heterozygosity (HE) over 11 microsatellite loci for potential source populations of Linepithema humile from the native and other introduced ranges (n = 15 workers per population)
| Potential source population | A | AR | AP | AF | HE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native range | |||||
| Ita Ibate, Argentina (II) | 47 | 3.62 | 23 | 0.174 | 0.516 |
| Costanera Sur, Argentina (CS) | 37 | 3.02 | 7 | 0.159 | 0.533 |
| Other introduced ranges | |||||
| Catalonia (CT) | 30 | 2.39 | 5 | 0.301 | 0.408 |
| Europe Main (EU) | 31 | 2.50 | – | – | 0.402 |
| La Jolla, California (CA1) | 31 | 2.50 | – | – | 0.382 |
| Davis, California (CA2) | 30 | 2.44 | 1 | 0.033 | 0.374 |
| North Carolina (NC) | 26 | 2.21 | 1 | 0.083 | 0.314 |
| Auckland, New Zealand (NZ1) | 27 | 2.12 | – | – | 0.267 |
| Wellington, New Zealand (NZ2) | 31 | 2.26 | 1 | 0.067 | 0.314 |
| South Africa (SA) | 28 | 2.28 | – | – | 0.361 |
| Saint Helena (SH) | 26 | 2.24 | – | – | 0.392 |