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Table 2. Susceptibility of selected species of ants and a 

 moth to infection by B. dimorpha - 



HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE 



Susceptibility 



Subfamily Myrmicinae 



Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius) + 



S, xyloni McCook ±? 



S^. invicta Buren ± 



S. richteri Forel ± 



Pheidole morrisi Forel 

 Monomorium minimum (Buckley) 

 M. f loricola (Jerdon) 

 Cr ema togas ter clara Mayr 

 Aphenogas ter ashmeadi (Emery) 

 Ochetomyrmex auropunctatus (Roger) 

 (= Wasmannia auropunctata) 



Subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae 

 Pseud omyrmex elongata Mayr 



Subfamily Formicinae 



Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) 

 Camponotus f loridana (Buckley) 



LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE 



Heliothis zea (Boddie) 

 per OS 

 inj ection 



a 



+ = susceptible to infection 



± = susceptible, but infection does not persist 



- = not susceptible to infection 



