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 2

Presence of a queen and alates according to the recorded species in twigs and forest type.

Species/morphospecies	Queen				Alates
	Nests with a queen		Queens/nest		Nests with alates		Total number or range
	FOD	E3	FOD	E3	FOD	E3	FOD	E3
Brachymyrmex  incisus	2		1		2		2–20
Camponotus  (Myrmaphaenus)	1		1
Camponotus sp.9	5		1		1		5
Camponotus sp.10	1		1		1		1
Crematogaster gr. Arthocrema	3		1		1		4
Hylomyrma sp.1		1		1
Hypoponera sp.7					1		1
Linepithema iniquum						6		1–42
Linepithema neotropicum		1		1
Mycetosoritis sp.1						1		13
Myrmelachista catharinae					9		1–15
Myrmelachista ruszkii					12		1–18
Pachycondyla crenata						3		1–16
Pheidole sp.7	3		1		12	14	1–18	1–38
Pheidole sp.13	6		1		26		1–12
Pheidole sp.43	9		1
Procryptocerus sp.2						3		1–10
Pseudomyrmex phyllophilus	1		1			1		9
Solenopsis gr. Diploroptrum					1		3
Solenopsis sp.2		1		5		1		1
Total number of species	9	3			11	7