Evidence of Competition Between Two Canopy Ant Species: Is Aggressive Behavior Innate or Shaped by a Competitive Environment?

Table 4

Occurrence of behaviours for the morphospecies of ants in the Itacolomi State Park (Itacolomi) and the Campus of Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF) during field experiments.

Local	Espécie	Quietly eating	Exploring the surroundings	Autogrooming	Food transport	Charge	Bite	Espontaneous torsion gaster	Avoid	Remain on the bait	Flee	Retreat	Fight	Trofalaxis
UFJF	Acromyrmex sp.1	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
UFJF	C. rufipes	42%	21%	14%	0%	9%	10%	0%	0%	1%	0%	2%	0%	0%
UFJF	C. sericeiventris	69%	8%	12%	0%	4%	4%	0%	0%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%
UFJF	Camponotus sp.5	82%	8%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	3%	3%	0%	0%
UFJF	Camponotus sp.6	41%	19%	5%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	27%	3%	5%	0%
UFJF	Camponotus sp.7	50%	8%	7%	0%	2%	1%	0%	7%	0%	9%	15%	2%	0%
UFJF	Camponotus sp.8	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
UFJF	Cephalotes sp.2	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
UFJF	Crematogaster sp.1	98%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
UFJF	Pheidole sp.2	75%	23%	0%	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
UFJF	Pseudomyrmex sp.2	69%	15%	3%	0%	3%	1%	0%	4%	0%	1%	5%	0%	0%
UFJF	Solenopsis sp.1	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Itacolomi	C. rufipes	29%	40%	14%	4%	6%	3%	0%	4%	0%	0%	0%	—	—
Itacolomi	Camponotus sp.4	86%	7%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	7%	—	—
Itacolomi	Camponotus sp.2	76%	6%	12%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	6%	0%	—	—
Itacolomi	Camponotus sp.3	50%	17%	33%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	—	—
Itacolomi	Camponotus sp.1	65%	22%	8%	0%	1%	0%	0%	3%	0%	0%	0%	—	—
Itacolomi	Cephalotes sp.1	80%	20%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	—	—
Itacolomi	Myrmelachista sp.1	95%	4%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	—	—
Itacolomi	Pheidole sp.1	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	—	—
Itacolomi	Pseudomyrmex sp.1	37%	46%	10%	4%	0%	0%	0%	2%	0%	0%	2%	—	—