Research Article
Effects of the Heterogeneity of the Landscape and the Abundance of Wasmannia auropunctata on Ground Ant Assemblages in a Colombian Tropical Dry Forest
Table 4
List of ant species sampled and their abundance at baits along a tropical dry forest region of southwestern Colombia.
| Species | Forest | Cane fields | Pastures | Total abundance | % occupation of baits |
| Dolichoderinae | | | | | | Azteca instabilis
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| 1324 | 26 | 0 | 1350 | 5.36 | Azteca sp. 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.10 | Dolichoderus bispinosus
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| 1279 | 0 | 0 | 1279 | 3.74 | Dorymyrmex brunneus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.10 | Linepithema iniquum
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| 135 | 14 | 1 | 150 | 1.32 | Linepithema sp. 1* | 66 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0.61 | Tapinoma melanocephalum
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| 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.40 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ecitoninae | | | | | | Eciton burchelli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.10 | Labidus coecus | 774 | 228 | 294 | 1296 | 0.91 | Ectatomminae | | | | | | Ectatomma ruidum
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| 0 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 3.24 | Gnamptogenys annulata
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Formicinae | | | | | | Acropyga exsanguis
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | Brachymyrmex heeri
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| 0 | 1 | 57 | 58 | 1.52 | Brachymyrmex sp. 1* | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 0.51 | Brachymyrmex sp. 2* | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.61 | Brachymyrmex sp. 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0.20 | Brachymyrmex sp. 4* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.10 | Brachymyrmex sp. 5* | 11 | 0 | 73 | 84 | 0.91 | Brachymyrmex sp. 6* | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.20 | Camponotus claviscapus | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.10 | Camponotus novogranadensis
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| 248 | 2 | 9 | 259 | 4.25 | Camponotus sp. 1* | 0 | 2 | 45 | 47 | 2.63 | Camponotus sp. 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | Nylanderia fulva | 390 | 0 | 0 | 390 | 1.72 | Paratrechina longicornis | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.20 | Paratrechina sp. 1* | 19 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 1.42 | Paratrechina sp. 2* | 11 | 11 | 20 | 42 | 1.62 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Heteroponerinae | | | | | | Heteroponera sp. 1* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | Myrmicinae | | | | | | Acromyrmex octospinosus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.10 | Apterostigma pilosum
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | Atta cephalotes
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| 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.81 | Cardiocondyla minutior
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| 0 | 2 | 42 | 44 | 1.42 | Cardiocondyla obscurior
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| 0 | 3 | 131 | 134 | 1.92 | Carebara brevipilosa | 31 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.10 | Cephalotes minutus
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| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.10 | Crematogaster carinata
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| 6994 | 0 | 0 | 6994 | 5.26 | Crematogaster curvispinosa
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| 343 | 0 | 0 | 343 | 0.61 | Crematogaster distans | 172 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 0.20 | Crematogaster erecta | 0 | 0 | 57 | 57 | 0.10 | Crematogaster evallans
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| 4922 | 35 | 0 | 4957 | 2.63 | Crematogaster limata
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| 284 | 0 | 51 | 335 | 1.01 | Crematogaster nigropilosa
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| 448 | 0 | 0 | 448 | 0.71 | Crematogaster sotobosque
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| 3751 | 0 | 0 | 3751 | 3.04 | Crematogaster sp. 1 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 0.51 | Cyphomyrmex costatus
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | Cyphomyrmex rimosus
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| 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0.71 | Hylomyrma reitteri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.10 | Megalomyrmex sp. 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.10 | Megalomyrmex wallacei
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| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.10 | Monomorium florÃcola
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| 88 | 992 | 197 | 1277 | 3.04 | Mycocepurus smithii | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.30 | Myrmycocrypta sp. 1* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.20 | Myrmycocrypta sp. 2* | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.30 | Octostruma balzani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.20 | Octostruma sp. 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.10 | Pheidole radoszkowskii | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0.20 | Pheidole rugiceps
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| 57 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 2.33 | Pheidole sabella
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| 79 | 534 | 4 | 617 | 2.43 | Pheidole scalaris
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| 359 | 19 | 132 | 510 | 8.20 | Pheidole sp. 1 | 228 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 0.10 | Pheidole sp. 2 | 0 | 325 | 80 | 405 | 0.40 | Pheidole sp. 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.20 | Pheidole sp. 4* | 1124 | 0 | 7 | 1131 | 4.15 | Pheidole sp. 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.20 | Pheidole sp. 6 | 354 | 0 | 0 | 354 | 0.40 | Pheidole sp. 7* | 1 | 407 | 5 | 413 | 0.91 | Pheidole sp. 8 | 778 | 9 | 0 | 787 | 0.61 | Pheidole sp. 9* | 52 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0.20 | Pheidole sp. 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.10 | Pheidole sp. 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.30 | Pheidole sp. 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.10 | Pheidole sp. 13* | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.10 | Pheidole subarmata
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| 5 | 0 | 151 | 156 | 0.91 | Pheidole susannae
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| 507 | 518 | 38 | 1063 | 7.09 | Pheidole synarmata
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| 644 | 71 | 0 | 715 | 2.43 | Pyramica denticulata
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| 22 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0.51 | Rogeria belti
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | Solenopsis geminata
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| 2087 | 11653 | 15825 | 29565 | 18.02 | Solenopsis picea | 259 | 0 | 0 | 259 | 0.30 | Solenopsis pollux
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| 1592 | 469 | 54 | 2115 | 10.53 | Solenopsis sp. 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.10 | Solenopsis sp. 2* | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.30 | Solenopsis sp. 3 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 0.30 | Solenopsis sp. 4* | 37 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 1.72 | Solenopsis sp. 5* | 40 | 36 | 25 | 101 | 2.13 | Strumigenys sp. 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | Strumigenys trieces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | Temnothorax subditivus
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| 0 | 470 | 0 | 470 | 0.30 | Tetramorium bicarinatum | 0 | 147 | 21 | 168 | 0.51 | Tetramorium simillimum | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.20 | Trachymyrmex opulentus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | Trachymyrmex sp. 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.20 | Tranopelta gilva
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| 0 | 0 | 138 | 138 | 0.20 | Wasmannia auropunctata | 101864 | 22718 | 6176 | 130758 | 38.36 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ponerinae | | | | | | Hypoponera sp. 1* | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.40 | Hypoponera sp. 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.10 | Pachycondyla constricta
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| 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.91 | Pachycondyla impressa
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| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.51 | Pseudomyrmecinae | | | | | | Pseudomyrmex boopis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.71 | Pseudomyrmex sp. 1* | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 1.82 |
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*Species sharing the resource with the little fire ant (W. auropunctata).
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