Research Article

Associations of Two Ecologically Significant Social Insect Taxa in the Litter of an Amazonian Rainforest: Is There a Relationship between Ant and Termite Species Richness?

Table 3

Ant and termite species collected in the same nest/food source. Termite species were found inside the same twig as the ant species listed next to them, though in separate chambers. Ants and termites were not found to occupy the same galleries within a twig.

TermiteAnt

Cylindrotermes flangiatusStrumigenys precava
Cylindrotermes parvignathusPachycondyla constricta
Nasutitermes ephrataeGnamptogenys pleurodon
Nasutitermes intermediusHylomyrma dolichops
Nasutitermes intermediusPheidole amazonica
Nasutitermes llinquipatensisTranopelta subterranea
Ruptitermes sp.Hypoponera c.f. distinguenda
Ruptitermes sp.Acropyga decedens
Triangularitermes triangularicepsPheidole biconstricta