Characterization of Ant Communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Twigs in the Leaf Litter of the Atlantic Rainforest and Eucalyptus Trees in the Southeast Region of Brazil
Table 1
Colony and nest structure of species recorded in twigs from the leaf litter of different forest types.
Subfamilies/morphospecies/species
Dense ombrophilous forest
Plantation managed for 7 years
Plantation managed for 28 years
Plantation unmanaged for 28 years
Total
Ø twig
Total
Ø twig
Total
Ø twig
Total
Ø twig
Nests*
Workers
Immature stages
± SD
Nests*
Workers
Immature stages
± SD
Nests*
Workers
Immature stages
± SD
Nests*
Workers
Immature stages
± SD
Dolichoderinae
Linepithema neotropicum
12
468
2077
19.81 ± 7.84
2
50
150
34.29 ± 24.33
9
962
1231
14.94 ± 5.51
Linepithema iniquum
6
782
370
13.87 ± 4.44
Ectatomminae
Gnamptogenys striatula
10
204
156
16.39 ± 5.72
1
72
8
22.1
4
58
84
18.02 ± 5.28
Formicinae
Brachymyrmex incisus
2
18
14
9.54 ± 3.64
1
11
3
10.43
2
35
—
10.29 ± 7.52
9
827
448
16.94 ± 8.54
Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus)
2
81
41
17.91 ± 4.93
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex)
4
136
41
23.63 ± 14.63
Camponotus sp.8
2
38
41
16.93 ± 3.94
93
38
16.91 ± 10.30
2
65
43
16.46 ± 3.19
Camponotus sp.9
2
43
42
10.75 ± 3.65
Camponotus sp.10
12
402
622
13.65 ± 3.20
Myrmelachista catharinae
10
710
472
17.57 ± 9.00
1
152
9
16.02
Myrmelachista ruszkii
12
621
829
12.48 ± 4.92
1
229
—
18.35
2
67
23
7.93 ± 1.15
Myrmelachista nodigera
1
22
7
9.06
Nylanderia fulva
3
68
41
17.43 ± 5.9
Heteroponerinae
Heteroponera dentinodis
2
22
47
18.56 ± 6.20
Heteroponera mayri
2
34
25
10.18 ± 5.27
2
23
7
9.38 ± 2.6
Heteroponera sp.3
2
300
41
26.54 ± 12.24
Myrmicinae
Acanthognathus ocellatus
1
5
1
9.2
Acanthognathus rudis
1
14
18
27.82
Crematogaster gr. Arthocrema
9
234
366
15.82 ± 8.68
1
20
—
8.32
2
187
—
16.42 ± 4.2
2
170
160
19.62 ± 2.34
Crematogaster sp.7
1
118
54
9.55
2
177
12
12.96 ± 1.95
Hylomyrma sp.1
1
12
5
20.33
Mycetosoritis sp.1
1
14
7
28.9
Megalomyrmex iheringi
1
82
9
9.68
1
256
—
14.77
Pheidole sp.7
11
369
237
13.7 ± 7.62
3
205
35
10.75 ± 1.49
14
653
312
13.21 ± 4.70
Pheidole sp.13
36
1718
977
23.16 ± 17.77
11
689
417
12.60 ± 6.86
Pheidole sp.14
1
4
1
15.02
Pheidole sp.19
1
4
16
19.61
Pheidole sp.43
18
1378
1176
16.02 ± 5.41
5
192
97
15.21 ± 3.48
Procryptocerus sp.1
2
79
88
16.31 ± 0.56
Procryptocerus sp.2
2
9
3
13.84 ± 1.83
8
163
142
13.99 ± 4.80
3
73
66
18.56 ± 2.59
Solenopsis gr. Diploroptrum
1
39
22
11.68
1
230
14
11.97
Solenopsis wasmannii
1
26
134
9.19
Solenopsis sp.2
3
402
213
11.62 ± 4.96
1
31
56
11.74
Solenopsis sp.4
1
25
8
9.57
Solenopsis sp.5
1
124
17
11.26
Ponerinae
Hypoponera sp.4
1
13
19.88
Hypoponera sp.7
6
100
119
13.21 ± 4.92
1
15
—
22.71
2
12
5
17.45 ± 4.86
Hypoponera sp.8
1
46
10
12.71
Hypoponera sp.10
1
200
36
33.1
Pachycondyla crenata
3
28
5
15.6 ± 1.93
Pseudomyrmecinae
Pseudomyrmex phyllophilus
1
9
29
11.33
11
160
239
9.76 ± 4.04
7
85
261
11.05 ± 3.55
Pseudomyrmex pallidus
1
29
78
9.26
Pseudomyrmex sp.3
2
120
158
17.02 ± 7.24
2
7
23
8.38 ± 1.66
Pseudomyrmex sp.4
1
23
54
19.32
Total number of species
28
10
10
26
Total number of nests
164
15
32
96
*Nest: ≥10 workers or ≤10 workers + immature stages.
