Effect of Habitat Type on Parasitism of Ectatomma ruidum by Eucharitid Wasps

Table 1

Composition of Ectatomma ruidum colonies in two different habitat types, percent parasitized brood, and number and stage of development of Kapala iridicolor individuals.

Ectatomma ruidum											Kapala iridicolor
Nest Number	Habitat	Queen Number	Gynes	Males	Workers	Larvae	Pupae	Total	Parasitized larvae (%)	Parasitized pupae (%)	Planidia/scar	Pupae	Adults
1	Woodland	0	0	5	34	17	23	79	2 (11.8)	1 (4.4)	3	0	1(♂)
2	Woodland	0	0	0	9	8	3	20	1 (12.5)	0 (0)	1	0	0
3	Woodland	0	0	3	27	24	18	72	1 (4.2)	0 (0)	1	0	0
4	Woodland	0	0	0	5	20	58	83	0 (0)	10 (17.2)	0	7(5♂, 1♀, 1?)	3(1♂, 2♀)
5	Woodland	0	1	5	28	36	48	118	0 (0)	4 (8.3)	0	2(1♂, 1♀)	2(♀)
6	Woodland	0	0	2	47	121	46	216	0 (0)	1 (2.2)	0	0	1(♂)
7	Woodland	0	0	1	17	27	5	50	1 (3.7)	0 (0)	1	0	0
8	Woodland	0	0	14	18	91	0	123	2 (2.2)	–-	2	0	0
9	Grassland	0	0	0	14	63	6	83	0 (0)	0 (0)	0	0	0
10	Grassland	0	0	0	9	18	22	49	0 (0)	0 (0)	0	0	0
11	Grassland	0	0	1	3	25	21	50	0 (0)	0 (0)	0	0	0
12	Grassland	0	0	0	15	25	32	72	0 (0)	0 (0)	0	0	0
13	Grassland	0	1	1	27	26	16	71	0 (0)	1 (6.3)	0	0	1(♂)
14	Grassland	0	0	1	38	31	23	93	0 (0)	0 (0)	0	0	0
15	Grassland	0	0	2	23	39	34	98	0 (0)	1 (2.9)	0	1(♂)	0
16	Grassland	0	0	2	20	1	19	42	0 (0)	0 (0)	0	0	0
17	Grassland	0	0	0	34	33	31	98	1 (3.0)	0 (0)	1	0	0
18	Grassland	1	0	0	39	42	20	102	0 (0)	0 (0)	0	0	0
19	Grassland	0	0	0	40	42	13	95	1 (2.4)	0 (0)	2	0	0
20	Grassland	0	0	0	3	25	10	38	0 (0)	0 (0)	0	0	0
	Total	1	2	37	450	714	448	1652	9 (1.3)	18 (4.0)	11	10	8