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. 2021 Aug 18;9:e11949. doi: 10.7717/peerj.11949

Table 2. Known associations of eucharitid wasps with species of the ant genus Camponotus.

Eucharitidae Referred to as Host(s) Referred to as Locality References
Ancylotropus manipurensis (Clausen)* Camponotus sp. India Narendran & Sheela (1995)
Stilbula Camponotus sp. India Clausen (1941) (p. 58)
Stilbula manipurensis Camponotus sp. India Heraty & Barber (1990) (p. 249)
Hydrorhoa sp. striaticeps complex Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius) C. maculatus Mayr South Africa Heraty (2002) (p. 161)
Lophyrocera variabilis Torréns, Heraty & Fidalgo Camponotus sp. Argentina Torréns, Heraty & Fidalgo (2008) and Torréns (2013)
Mateucharis rugulosa Heraty Camponotus sp. Tanzania Heraty (2002) (p. 199)
Obeza floridana (Ashmead) Camponotus floridanus (Buckley) C. abdominalis floridanus (Buckley) USA: Florida Davis Jr & Jouvenaz (1990)
Obeza sp. Camponotus sp. ca. textor Forel Mexico: Chiapas Pérez-Lachaud & Lachaud (2014)
Obeza sp.1 Camponotus atriceps (F. Smith) Mexico: Chiapas De la Mora et al. (2015)
Obeza sp.2 Camponotus rectangularis Emery Mexico: Quintana Roo This work
Orasema sp.** Camponotus ocreatus (Emery) USA: Arizona Herreid & Heraty (2017)
Camponotus sp. USA: Arizona Herreid & Heraty (2017)
Pseudochalcura americana (Howard) Camponotus sp. ca. textor Forel Mexico: Chiapas Pérez-Lachaud & Lachaud (2014)
Pseudochalcura gibbosa (Provancher) Camponotus herculeanus (L.) Canada: northern Ontario Heraty & Barber (1990)
Camponotus laevigatus (F. Smith) USA: California Heraty (1986)
Camponotus novaeboracensis (Fitch) C. ligniperdus var. novaeboracensis (Fitch) USA: Michigan Wheeler (1907)
Camponotus sp. ?vicinus Mayr USA: California Heraty (1986)
Pseudochalcura nigrocyanea Ashmead Camponotus sp. Brazil Heraty, Heraty & Torréns (2009)
Pseudochalcura sculpturata Heraty Pseudochalcura sp. Camponotus planatus Roger Camponotus rectangularis Emery USA: Florida Mexico: Quintana Roo Heraty (2002) (p. 222) This work
Rhipipalloidea mandagensis Maeyama, Machida & Terayama Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) sp. Papua New Guinea Maeyama, Machida & Terayama (1999) (p. 306)
Stilbula cyniformis cyniformis (Rossi) Stilbula cynipiformis (Rossi) Camponotus aethiops (Latreille) France Parker (1932) and Parker (1937)
Stilbula cynipiformis (Rossi) Camponotus aethiops (Latreille) C. marginatus Latr. Austria Fahringer & Tölg (1912)
Stilbula cynipiformis (Rossi) Camponotus sp. France Parker & Thompson (1925)
Stilbula cynipiformis (Rossi) Camponotus sanctus Forel C. maculatus F. r. sanctus Forel Austria or Turkia Fahringer (1922)
Stilbula cyniformis tenuicornis (Ashmead) Schizaspidia tenuicornis Ashm. Camponotus japonicus Mayr C. herculeanus sub-sp. japonicus Mayr Japan Clausen (1923) and Clausen (1941)
Schizaspidia tenuicornis Ashm. Camponotus obscuripes Mayr C. herculeanus sub-sp. ligniperdus var. obscuripes Mayr Korea Clausen (1923) and Clausen (1941)
Stilbula vitripennis Masi Camponotus aegyptiacus Emery Egypt Gadallah & Shairra (2019)
Stilbuloida doddi (Bingham) Schizaspidia doddi Bingham Camponotus sp. Australia: Queensland Dodd (1906) (p. 123)
Zulucharis campbelli Heraty Camponotus sp. South Africa Heraty (2002) (p. 283)

Notes.

*

Association mistakenly reported by Clausen (1941), p. 58 (as Stilbula), Heraty & Barber, 1990, p. 249 (as Stilbula manipurensis), and Narendran & Sheela (1995) (as Ancylotropus manipurensis) in base of the observations made by Clausen (1928) (see Heraty, 2002).

**

Presence only on the mouthparts of foraging workers. Probably an accidental association as a result of the nectarivorous habits of various Camponotus species which could function as intermediate hosts (see Herreid & Heraty, 2017).