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. 2012 Feb 29;3(1):246–261. doi: 10.3390/insects3010246

Table 1.

Overview of the classic symbiont-induced phenotypes with responsible microbes and examples of known insect and arachnid host taxa in which they occur.

Phenotype Symbiont Host taxa (references)
Male-killing
Wolbachia Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Hypolimnas bolina [30], Acraea encedon [33]
Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae: Cordylochernes scorpioides [34]
Araneae: Linyphiidae: Oedothorax gibbosus [35]
Rickettsia Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Brachys tessellates [36]
Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Adalia bipunctata [37], Adalia decempunctata [38]
Spiroplasma ixodetis Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Adalia bipunctata [39], Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata [40], Harmonia axyridis [41]
Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danaus chrysippus [42]
S. poulsonii Diptera: Drosophilidae: Drosophila willistoni group [43]
Arsenophonus nasoniae Hymenoptera: Pteromelidae: Nasonia vitripennis [44]
Flavobacterium sp. Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coleomegilla maculata [45], Adonia variegata [46]
Feminization
Wolbachia: Isopoda: Armidillidiidae: Armadillidium nasatum [47], A. vulgare [48] Lepidoptera: Pieridae Eurema hecabe [49]
Cardinium Acari: Tenuipalpidae: Brevipalpus spp. [50,51]
Parthenogenesis
Wolbachia Hymenoptera: Pteromelidae: Trichogramma spp. [48,51], Muscidifurax uniraptor [53]
Hymenoptera: Scelionidae Telenomus nawai [54]
Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae: Apoanagyrus diversicornis [55]
Hymenoptera: Eucoilidae: Leptopilina australis [56]
Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae: Aphytis disapidis and A. lingnanesis, Encarsia formosa [57]
Cardinium Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae: Encarsia ssp [58,59]
Hemiptera: Diaspididae: Aspidiotus nerii [60]
Rickettsia Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Neochrysocharis Formosa [61]
CI
Wolbachia: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tribolium confusum [62]
Diptera: Culicidae: Culex pipiens [63]
Cardinium Acari: Tetranychidae: Eotetranychus suginamensis [64] and Bryobia sarothamni [65]
Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae: Encarsia pergendiella [66]