Ant Community Structure (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Two Neighborhoods with Different Urban Profiles in the City of São Paulo, Brazil

Table 2

Ant species richness and relative frequency in Vila Mariana (VM 1998/1999 and VM 2009–2011) and Itaquera (ITA 2009–2011), in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

Taxon	Relative frequency (%) VM 1998/1999	Relative frequency (%) VM 2009–2011	Relative frequency (%) ITA 2009–2011
Acromyrmex sp. 1	—	—	3.80
Brachymyrmex sp. 1	36.36	17.72	8.86
Brachymyrmex sp. 2	—	6.33	—
Brachymyrmex sp. 3	—	1.27	—
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) sp. 1	6.82	1.27	1.27
Camponotus crassus (Mayr, 1862)	—	1.27	7.59
Camponotus rufipes (Fabricius, 1775)	—	—	6.33
Camponotus sp. 1	1.52	—	—
Camponotus sp. 2	—	2.53	—
Cardiocondyla sp. 1	15.15	—	1.27
Crematogaster sp.	1.52	—	1.27
Cyphomyrmex sp. 1	0.76	1.27	3.80
Dorymyrmex sp. 1	0.76	—	3.80
Ectatomma sp. 1	—	1.27	5.06
Nesomyrmex sp. 1	5.30	2.53	16.46
Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)	10.61	—	—
Linepithema sp. 1	—	—	3.80
Linepithema sp. 2	—	—	1,27
Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851	—	6.33	5.06
Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)	—	—	2,53
Monomorium sp.	6.06	—	—
Nylanderia fulva (Mayr, 1862)	40.15	5.06	17.72
Octostruma sp. 1	—	—	1.27
Pachycondyla sp. 1	0.76	2.53	3.80
Pachycondyla sp. 2	—	—	1.27
Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)	6.06	17.72	22.78
Pheidole dimidiata Emery, 1894	7.58	2.53	1.27
Pheidole fallax Mayr, 1870	3.79	—	1,27
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1783)	24.24	37.97	—
Pheidole risii Forel, 1892	0.76	1.27	1.27
Pheidole sp. 1	—	7,59	2,53
Pheidole sp. 2	—	—	1.27
Pheidole sp. 3	—	—	3.80
Pheidole sp. 4	—	7.59	2.53
Pheidole sp. 5	—	—	1.27
Pheidole sp. 6	0.76	1.27	—
Pheidole sp. 7	0.76	—	—
Pheidole nubila Emery, 1906	0.76	—	6.33
Hypoponera sp. 1	—	1.27	—
Pseudomyrmex termitarius (Smith, 1855)	—	1.27	1.27
Solenopsis sp.	23.48	7.59	25.32
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) sp. 1	12.12	3.80	2.53
Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)	19.70	56.96	79.75
Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)	—	3.80	—