Table 2.

Variables used to simulate the population dynamics which were related to the Wolbachia infection type of the two Ae. albopictus populations. Data are specifically related to S_ANG (= Y infection type) and ARwP (= X infection type) Ae. albopictus

Variables	Description	Calculation	Values
			Based on literature	Measured in laboratory	Set in experiments and model simulations
Hx	Percent egg hatch in crosses between X females and Y males	Based on laboratory data and literature		2.56 ± 0.02a	3.00
Hy	Percent egg hatch in crosses between X males and Y females	Based on laboratory data and literature	0.00b	0.00	0.00
Fx	Fecundity costs determined by the X infection	Based on laboratory data		1	1
Fy	Fecundity costs determined by the Y infection	Based on laboratory data		1	1
Lx	Costs on immature survival by the X infection	Based on laboratory data and literature	1c	1	1
Ly	Costs on immature survival by the Y infection	Based on laboratory data and literature	1c	1	1
q X	Frequency of the aposymbiotic males produced by the X females	Based on laboratory data	0c	0	0
q Y	Frequency of the aposymbiotic males produced by the Y females	Based on laboratory data	0d	0	0
C Mx	X Male competitiveness in comparison with Y males	Based on laboratory data		1.24e	1.20
C My	Y Male competitiveness in comparison with X males	Based on laboratory data		0.76e	0.80

S_ANG Wild-type Ae. albopictus with natural Wolbachia infection, ARwP wPip Wolbachia infected Ae. albopictus

^aSee Additional file 2: Table S2

^bAccording to previous data [44]

^cAccording to previous data [41]

^dAccording to literature [80]

^eSee Additional file 3: Table S3