Competence of Litter Ants for Rapid Biodiversity Assessments

Table 1

Genera and species of ants within each subfamily collected from the secondary forest and pine plantation in the Upper Hanthana forest reserve.

Subfamily	Species
Cerapachyinae (1)	Cerapachys sp.
Dolichoderinae (5)	Indomyrma sp.
	Tapinoma sp. 1
	Tapinoma sp. 2
	Technomyrmex sp.
	Technomyrmex sp.
Formicinae (3)	Paratrechina sp. 1
	Paratrechina sp. 2
	Anoplolepis sp
Leptanillinae (1)	Leptanilla sp.
Myrmicinae (16)	Acanthomyrmex sp.
	Cardiocondyla sp.
	Cataulacus sp.
	Kartidris sp
	Oligomyrmex sp.
	Pheidole sp.
	Pheidole sp.
	Pheidole sp.
	Pheidole sp.
	Recurvidris sp.
	Solenopsis sp. 1
	Solenopsis sp.
	Meranoplus sp.
	Wasmannia sp.
	Strumigenys sp.
	Tetramorium sp.
Ponerinae (7)	Anochetus sp.
	Hypoponera sp.
	Leptogenys sp. 1
	Leptogenys sp. 2
	Odontomachus sp.
	Pachycondyla sp.
	Pachycondyla sp.
Pseudomyrmecinae (1)	Tetraponera sp

indicates ant species present in both secondary forest and pine plantation. Other species are restricted only to the secondary forest.