Removal of Nonmyrmecochorous Seeds by Ants: Role of Ants in Cattle Grasslands

Table 4

Description of ant species carrying seeds. Body length of workers and its incidence in baits and seed depots (SDs) were recorded, as the seed species they removed. The body length of workers was measured from the posterior margin of clypeus to the posterior end of the last petiole.

Ant species	Workers body length (mm)	Presence		Seed species removed
		In baits %	In SD %	P. dulce	G. ulmifolia	P. ligularis
Atta cephalotes	12.36 ± 10.9	1.7	1.7	X
Ectatomma ruidum	5.52 ± 0.12	36.7	35.0		X	X
Solenopsis geminata	2.12 ± 0.01	41.7	16.7		X
Cyphomyrmex major	1.85 ± 0.11	6.7	36.7		X
Pheidole susannae	1.67 ± 0.01	20.0	10.0		X	X
Crematogaster abstinens	1.58 ± 0.21	41.7	40.8	X		X