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

Table 5

Ant genus classification of ants attracted to baits into the functional groups established by Silvestre et al. [35].

Item	Functional guild (sensu Silvestre et al. [35])	Genus attracted to baits
(1)	Omnivorous soil dominants	Crematogaster, Pheidole, Solenopsis
(2)	Large epigean predators	Ectatomma
(3)	Cryptic fungus growers attines	Cyphomyrmex
(4)	Leaf-cutter attines	Atta
(5)	Agile pseudomyrmecinae	Pseudomyrmex
(6)	Soil and vegetation opportunistics	Nylanderia
(7)	Small arboreal ants with massive recruitment	Wasmannia
(8)	Cryptic ponerinae, specialized predators	Hypoponera