The Ant Cardiocondyla elegans as Host of the Enigmatic Endoparasitic Fungus Myrmicinosporidium durum

Table 1

Myrmicinosporidium durum (endoparasitic fungus) infection rates in populations, colonies, and individuals of the ant Cardiocondyla  elegans.

	Population	Number of colonies	Number of infected colonies	Colony infection rate (%)	Number of dead individuals	Number of dead infected individuals	Individual infection rate (%)
	C1	8	5	62,5	279	43	15,4
	C2	3	3	100,0	74	24	32,4
	C3	8	3	37,5	223	24	10,8
	C4	5	3	60,0	205	24	11,7
	R1	9	1	11,1	486	10	2,1
	R2	9	1	11,1	216	1	0,5
Total	6	42	15		1483	126