Entomopathogens Isolated from Invasive Ants and Tests of Their Pathogenicity

Table 2

List of tested fungi on Monomorium floricola colonies under laboratory conditions.

Isolate	Fungi	Origin	Collection site
Bb 66^1	Beauveria bassiana	Hypothenemus hampei	São José de Rio Pardo (São Paulo)
Ma 425^1	Metarhizium anisopliae	Larvae	Iporanga (São Paulo)
P 405^1	Paecilomyces sp.	Larvae	Espiro Santo do Pinhal (São Paulo)
Bb 25	Beauveria bassiana	Solenopsis sp. nest	São Paulo (São Paulo)
Ma 16	Metarhizium anisopliae	Solenopsis sp. nest	Corumbá (Mato Grosso do Sul)
P 40	Paecilomyces sp.	Solenopsis sp. nest	São Paulo (São Paulo)

¹Isolates from the Entomopathogen collection “Oldemar Cardim de Abreu” from Instituto Biológico, Campinas, Brazil. IBCB 66 = Bb66, IBCB 425 = Ma 425, and IBCB 405 = P 405.