Table 2: List of tested fungi on Monomorium floricola colonies under laboratory conditions.

Isolate Fungi Origin Collection site Bb 661 Beauveria bassiana Hypothenemus hampei São José de Rio Pardo (São Paulo) Ma 4251 Metarhizium anisopliae Larvae Iporanga (São Paulo) P 4051 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.