Table 1.

Isolates obtained per entomopathogenic nematode-infected sample and origin of soils of Mexican maize fields. Each Galleria mellonella larva from the ‘Galleria baiting” soil extraction method was kept separately and the emerging EPN formed one isolate.

State	Sampled fields	EPN infected fields	Entomopathogenic nematodes
			Latitude (°)	Longitude (°)	Altitude (masl)	Isolates
Oaxaca	19	2	15.886541	−97.116045	1	MEX-2, MEX-4, MEX-5, MEX-6,MEX-7, MEX-8, MEX-9
			15.920639	−97.12642	20	MEX-10
Jalisco	13	1	19.893941	−104.04043	903	MEX-14
Michoacán	13	1	19.627714	−101.41115	2277	MEX-15
Guanajuato	45	6	20.738882	−101.33939	1760	MEX-16, MEX-17
			20.963636	−100.83139	1869	MEX-20
			20.924801	−100.94449	1993	MEX-21, MEX-22, MEX-23
			20.470774	−100.59571	1926	MEX-41
			20.565299	−100.77389	1766	MEX-42
			20.914769	−101.21872	1913	MEX-43, MEX-44, MEX-45, MEX-46, MEX-47
Querétaro	4	0	—	—	—	—
Zacatecas	11	2	23.208545	−103.04567	2080	MEX-37, MEX-38
			22.161371	−102.88794	1743	MEX-39, MEX-40
Durango	9	4	24.006255	−104.61634	1789	MEX-24, MEX-25, MEX-26, MEX-27, MEX-28
			24.000478	−104.61628	1878	MEX-29, MEX-30
			23.954223	−104.62634	1885	MEX-31, MEX-32
			23.988059	−104.62605	1880	MEX-33, MEX-34, MEX-35, MEX-36
TOTAL	114	16