Table 1. Composition of the samples of Camponotus rectangularis collected at Laguna Guerrero, Quintana Roo, Mexico, and results of the cocoons dissection.
| Parasitized | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | G | Males | Workers | Pupae | Larvae | Eggs | Number of cocoons | Composition | Parasitism rate (%) | |||||||
| #1CF March 29 | 18 | 17 | 112 | 5 (1 triple, 1 double, 3 simples) | triple: 2 ♂+ 1 ♀Pseudochalcura sp. /puW double: 1 ♂+ 1 ♀Pseudochalcura sp. /puW simple: 1 ♀, 1 ♂Pseudochalcura sp. /puW, 1L2 /puW | 29.4 | ||||||||||
| #2CC April 30 | 1 | 246 | 137 | 367 | +++ | 10 simples | simple: 5 ♀, 1 ♂Pseudochalcura sp. /puW, 1 ♀Obeza sp. /puW, 1L2 /puW, 2 planidia /ppu | 7.3 | ||||||||
| #3CC May 14 | 1 | 7 | 277 | 535 | 468 | 189 | +++ | 2 simples | simple: 1 ♀Pseudochalcura sp. /puW; 1 planidium /ppu | 0.4 | ||||||
| #4CF June 21 | 16 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 11 | 0 | - | 0 | ||||||||
| #5CF July 11 | 10 | 13 | 1 | NA | - | 0 | ||||||||||
| #6CC July 29 | 1 ∗ | 53 | 6 | 105 | 33 | 29 | 8 (3 doubles, 1 triple, 4 simples) | triple: 3L3 /puW double: 2L3 /pu ♂, 2L3 /pu ♂, 1 pu ♂Pseudochalcura sp. + 1L3 /pu ♂ simple: 2L3 /pu ♂, 1L2 /pu ♂, 1 fully fed L1 /ppu | 24.2 | |||||||
Notes.
*
The dealate female was dissected and found devoid of mature eggs.
- #
- sample identification
- CC
- complete colony
- CF
- colony fragment
- Q
- dealate females
- G
- unmated alate females (gynes)
- ppu
- unidentifiable prepupa
- pu
- pupa
- /ppu
- on ant prepupa (unidentified caste)
- /puW
- on worker ant pupa
- /pu ♂
- on male ant pupa