Fig. 2. Solenopsis invicta virus 3 in Solenopsis invicta virus 3: Further host-specificity tests with native Solenopsis ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Fig. 2. Solenopsis invicta virus 3 (SINV-3) infections are restricted to Solenopsis fire ants in the South American saevissima group (S. invicta, S. richteri, and their hybrid in the United States). North American fire ants in the geminata group, thief ants, two species of Monomorium (also tribe Solenopsidini), and 14 additional species of ants from 3 subfamilies and 12 genera were not infected in lab trials (this paper and Porter et al. 2013).