Table 1. Sample location, gall types, sex ratio and infection frequency of Wolbachia in three wasp species associated with the unisexual galls of A. mukaigawae.
Location (code) | Latitude/Longitude | No. of gall(Type I/II/III †) | Species | No. offemale/male | Infectionfrequency of Wolbachia (%) | No. ofindividuals tested |
Anqing, Anhui (AQ) | 30. 42°N/116. 27°E | 148(70/29/49) | A. mukaigawae ‡ | 52/0 | 30 | 30 |
S. japonicus | 118/32 | 60 | 30 | |||
Torymus sp. | 18/6 | 100 | 10 | |||
Changde, Hunan (CD) | 29. 58°N/111.38°E | 7(5/0/2) | A. mukaigawae | 5/0 | 0 | 5 |
S. japonicus | –‡ | – | – | |||
Yueyang, Hunan (YY) | 29. 15°N/113. 12°E | 77(30/24/23) | A. mukaigawae | 27/0 | 40 | 15 |
S. japonicus | 49/25 | 50 | 30 | |||
Changsha, Hunan (CS) | 28. 06°N/112. 52°E | 29(18/9/2) | A. mukaigawae | 18/0 | 40 | 15 |
S. japonicus | 74/18 | 60 | 25 | |||
Loudi, Hunan (LD) | 27. 45°N/112. 20°E | 93(30/43/20) | A. mukaigawae | 29/0 | 33 | 15 |
S. japonicus | 70/29 | 60 | 20 | |||
Shaoyang, Hunan (SY) | 26. 37°N/110. 32°E | 118(68/29/21) | A. mukaigawae | 62/0 | 40 | 25 |
S. japonicus | 73/40 | 70 | 20 | |||
Torymus sp. | 26/8 | 100 | 10 | |||
Jian, Jiangxi (JA) | 26. 34°N/114. 10°E | 50(17/19/14) | A. mukaigawae | 12/0 | 0 | 10 |
S. japonicus | 60/20 | 60 | 25 | |||
Shaoguang, Guangdong(SG) | 25. 13°N/113. 35°E | 48(35/8/5) | A. mukaigawae | 29/0 | 40 | 20 |
S. japonicus | 33/7 | 60 | 25 |
Gall types, I: A. mukaigawae galls; II: S. japonicus galls; III: other galls.
indicates no wasp was reared.
A. mukaigawae is the gall-inducer and the host, S. japonicas is an inquiline, or gall parasite, and Torymus sp. is a parasitoid species, whose exact host is not clear, may be either of A. mukaigawae or S. japonicas, or both.