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Table 1 Ant specimens screened for bacterial associates, including 42 Camponotus specimens, ten of which belong to the subgenus Colobopsis, and representatives of Polyrhachis, Echinopla, Calomyrmex, and Opisthopsis.

From: One nutritional symbiosis begat another: Phylogenetic evidence that the ant tribe Camponotini acquired Blochmanniaby tending sap-feeding insects

Species1

ID

Subgenus2

Collector

Location

GPS

Collection code

Voucher location3

Calomyrmex albertisi

191

 

P. S. Ward

Australia (Qld)

13°43'S, 143°19'E

P. S. Ward #15325

UCDC

Calomyrmex laevissimus

254

 

P. S. Ward

Australia (Qld)

11°41'S, 142°42'E

P. S. Ward #15712

UCDC

Echinopla australis

253

 

P. S. Ward

Australia (Qld)

10°45'S, 142°31'E

P. S. Ward #15692

UCDC

Polyrhachis decumbens

190

Cyrtomyrma

P. S. Ward

Australia (Qld)

12°43'S, 143°17'E

P. S. Ward #15359

UCDC

Polyrhachis sp.

189

Hagiomyrma

P. S. Ward

Australia (Qld)

13°43'S, 143°19'E

P. S. Ward #15330

UCDC

Polyrhachis cupreata

252

Hedomyrma

P. S. Ward

Australia (Qld)

16°49'S, 145°41'E

P. S. Ward #15648

UCDC

Polyrhachis foreli

255

Myrma

P. S. Ward

Australia (Qld)

16°49'S, 145°41'E

P. S. Ward #15679

UCDC

Opisthopsis haddoni a

244

 

A. Andersen

Australia (NT)

12°24'S, 130°55'E

 

UCDC

Opisthopsis haddoni

256

 

P. S. Ward

Australia (Qld)

16°49'S, 145°41'E

P. S. Ward #15653-1

UCDC

Opisthopsis respiciens

192

 

P. S. Ward

Australia (Qld)

16°27'S, 145°22'E

P. S. Ward #15395-1

UCDC

Opisthopsis PG01b

258

 

P. S. Ward

Papua New Guinea

05°13'S, 145°25'E

P. S. Ward #10107

UCDC

Camponotus quercicola

228

Camponotus

S. G. Brady

USA (California)

39°14'N, 121°17'W

S. G. Brady #328

USNM

Camponotus sp.

241

Myrmaphaenus

P. S. Ward

Bolivia

13°50'S, 60°52'W

P. S. Ward #12233

UCDC

Camponotus clarithorax

233

Myrmentoma

P. S. Ward

USA (California)

32°53'N, 117°06'W

P. S. Ward #14261

UCDC

Camponotus hyatti

186

Myrmentoma

P. S. Ward

USA (California)

34°01'N, 119°48'W

P. S. Ward #14925

UCDC

Camponotus dimorphus

234

Myrmobrachys

P. S. Ward

Bolivia

17°40'S, 63°27'W

P. S. Ward #12295

UCDC

Camponotus sp.

261

Myrmobrachys

P. S. Ward

Mexico (Oaxaca)

15°40'N, 96°33'W

P. S. Ward #15578

UCDC

Camponotus sanctaefidei

240

Myrmocladoecus

P. S. Ward

Bolivia

17°27'S, 63°40'W

P. S. Ward #12423

UCDC

Camponotus suffusus

238

Myrmosaulus

P. S. Ward

Australia (SA)

32°50'S, 138°02'E

P. S. Ward #13758

UCDC

Camponotus claviscapus

227

Pseudocolobopsis

P. S. Ward

Ecuador

01°04'S, 77°37'W

P. S. Ward #11338

UCDC

Camponotus occultus

229

Pseudocolobopsis

P. S. Ward

Cuba

20°25'N, 74°34'W

P. S. Ward #14421

UCDC

Camponotus consobrinus

239

Tanaemyrmex

P. S. Ward

Australia (SA)

34°53'S, 138°43'E

P. S. Ward #13723

UCDC

Camponotus maritimus

185

Tanaemyrmex

P. S. Ward

USA (California)

37°24'N, 122°14'W

P. S. Ward #15202

UCDC

Camponotus semitestaceus

242

Tanaemyrmex

S. G. Brady

USA (California)

38°51'N, 122°24'W

S. G. Brady #123

USNM

Camponotus sp.

216

Tanaemyrmex

S.G. Brady

Brazil (São Paulo)

21°42'S, 47°28'W

S. G. Brady #344

USNM

Camponotus sp.

263

Tanaemyrmex

P.S. Ward

Mexico (Oaxaca)

16°10'N, 96°30'W

P. S. Ward #15588

UCDC

Camponotus vicinus

235

Tanaemyrmex

S. G. Brady

USA (California)

39°43'N, 122°47'W

S. G. Brady #171

USNM

Camponotus sp. cf. simillimus

199

Tanaemyrmex

D. M. Windsor

Panama (Chiriqui)

08°31'N, 82°12'W

 

UCDC

Camponotus lownei

230

Thlepsepinotus

P. S. Ward

Australia (SA)

32°50'S, 138°02'E

P. S. Ward #13741

UCDC

Camponotus sericeiventris

213

Myrmepomis

S. G. Brady

Brazil (São Paulo)

21°42'S, 47°28'W

S. G. Brady #343

USNM

Camponotus atriceps

203

Myrmothrix

D. M. Windsor

Panama (Veraguas)

07°55'N, 81°20'W

 

UCDC

Camponotus atriceps

217

Myrmothrix

S. G. Brady

Brazil (Maranhão)

08°37'S, 46°43'W

S. G. Brady #514

USNM

Camponotus atriceps

219

Myrmothrix

S. G. Brady

Brazil (São Paulo)

21°42'S, 47°28'W

S. G. Brady #339

USNM

Camponotus rufipes

220

Myrmothrix

S. G. Brady

Brazil (São Paulo)

21°42'S, 47°28'W

S. G. Brady #337

USNM

Camponotus renggeri

215

Myrmothrix

S. G. Brady

Brazil (São Paulo)

21°42'S, 47°28'W

S. G. Brady #340

USNM

Camponotus renggeri

222

Myrmothrix

S. G. Brady

Brazil (Maranhão)

08°37'S, 46°42'W

S. G. Brady #523

USNM

Camponotus sp.

221

Myrmobrachys

S. G. Brady

Brazil (Maranhão)

08°37'S, 46°43'W

S. G. Brady #516

USNM

Camponotus crassus

214

Myrmobrachys

S. G. Brady

Brazil (Maranhão)

08°41'S, 46°46'W

S. G. Brady #519

USNM

Camponotus crassus

223

Myrmobrachys

S. G. Brady

Brazil (São Paulo)

21°42'S, 47°28'W

S. G. Brady #338

USNM

Camponotus sp.

224

Myrmobrachys

S. G. Brady

Brazil (Maranhão)

08°37'S, 46°43'W

S. G. Brady #515

USNM

Camponotus latangulus

236

Myrmocladoecus

P. S. Ward

Ecuador

01°04'S, 77°37'W

P. S. Ward #11353

UCDC

Camponotus sp.

260

Myrmamblys

P. S. Ward

Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara Timur)

08°39'S, 120°05'E

P. S. Ward #15525

UCDC

Camponotus nitidior

201

Dendromyrmex

D. M. Windsor

Panama (Panama)

08°40'N, 79°55'W

 

UCDC

Camponotus leonardi

225

Colobopsis

S. G. Brady

Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima)

14°30'N, 101°55'E

S. G. Brady #531

USNM

Camponotus BCA-01

188

Colobopsis

P. S. Ward

Mexico (Baja California Sur)

23°30'N, 110°04'W

P. S. Ward #15145

UCDC

Camponotus conithorax

187

Colobopsis

P. S. Ward

Australia (Qld)

12°46'S, 143°17'E

P. S. Ward #15340

UCDC

Camponotus etiolatus

264

Colobopsis

P. S. Ward

USA (Texas)

26°25'N, 98°15'W

P. S. Ward #15610

UCDC

Camponotus gasseri

243

Colobopsis

P. S. Ward

Australia (SA)

34°53'S, 138°43'E

P. S. Ward #13731

UCDC

Camponotus papago

232

Colobopsis

P. S. Ward

Mexico (Son)

28°58'N, 112°10'W

P. S. Ward #13458

UCDC

Camponotus saundersi

265

Colobopsis

D. W. Davidson

Brunei (Temburong)

04°32'N, 115°10'E

 

UCDC

Camponotus sp.

259

Colobopsis

P. S. Ward

Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara Timur)

08°31'S, 119°52'E

P. S. Ward #15521

UCDC

Camponotus sp.

262

Colobopsis

P. S. Ward

Mexico (Oaxaca)

15°57'N, 96°28'W

P. S. Ward #15584

UCDC

Camponotus vitreus

231

Colobopsis

P. S. Ward

Australia (Qld)

12°43'S, 143°17'E

P. S. Ward #15338

UCDC

non-Camponotini:

       

Notostigma carazzii b, c

226

 

P. S. Ward

Australia (Qld)

17°26'S, 145°51'E

P. S. Ward #10006-2

UCDC

  1. 1In addition to several Camponotini specimens, we screened one isolate of Notostigma, recently removed from the Camponotini and placed in its own tribe. For nearly all samples, the 16S rDNA gene was amplified using Blochmannia-specific primers and the PCR product was sequenced directly. The three exceptions are as follows: aOverlapping primer pairs were used to amplify bacterial 16S rDNA from Opisthopsis haddoni 244; bCloning of PCR products was required for Opisthopsis PG01 and Notostigma carazzii 226; cUniversal eubacterial primers SL-SR were used to amplify bacterial 16S rDNA from Notostigma carazzii 226.
  2. 2Subgenera are listed when avaiable.
  3. 3Voucher specimens have been deposited in the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis (UCDC) and the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC (USNM).