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 *	1324	26	0	1350	5.36
Azteca sp. 1	29	0	0	29	0.10
Dolichoderus bispinosus *	1279	0	0	1279	3.74
Dorymyrmex brunneus	0	0	1	1	0.10
Linepithema iniquum *	135	14	1	150	1.32
Linepithema sp. 1*	66	0	0	66	0.61
Tapinoma melanocephalum *	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 *	0	8	42	50	3.24
Gnamptogenys annulata *	1	0	0	1	0.10
Formicinae
Acropyga exsanguis *	1	0	0	1	0.10
Brachymyrmex heeri *	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 *	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 *	1	0	0	1	0.10
Atta cephalotes *	27	0	0	27	0.81
Cardiocondyla minutior *	0	2	42	44	1.42
Cardiocondyla obscurior *	0	3	131	134	1.92
Carebara brevipilosa	31	0	0	31	0.10
Cephalotes minutus *	0	0	1	1	0.10
Crematogaster carinata *	6994	0	0	6994	5.26
Crematogaster curvispinosa *	343	0	0	343	0.61
Crematogaster distans	172	0	0	172	0.20
Crematogaster erecta	0	0	57	57	0.10
Crematogaster evallans *	4922	35	0	4957	2.63
Crematogaster limata *	284	0	51	335	1.01
Crematogaster nigropilosa *	448	0	0	448	0.71
Crematogaster sotobosque *	3751	0	0	3751	3.04
Crematogaster sp. 1	178	0	0	178	0.51
Cyphomyrmex costatus *	1	0	0	1	0.10
Cyphomyrmex rimosus *	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 *	3	0	0	3	0.10
Monomorium florícola *	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 *	57	0	0	57	2.33
Pheidole sabella *	79	534	4	617	2.43
Pheidole scalaris *	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 *	5	0	151	156	0.91
Pheidole susannae *	507	518	38	1063	7.09
Pheidole synarmata *	644	71	0	715	2.43
Pyramica denticulata *	22	0	1	23	0.51
Rogeria belti *	1	0	0	1	0.10
Solenopsis geminata *	2087	11653	15825	29565	18.02
Solenopsis picea	259	0	0	259	0.30
Solenopsis pollux *	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 *	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 *	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 *	25	0	0	25	0.91
Pachycondyla impressa *	5	0	0	5	0.51
Pseudomyrmecinae
Pseudomyrmex boopis	7	0	0	7	0.71
Pseudomyrmex sp. 1*	0	0	20	20	1.82

*Species sharing the resource with the little fire ant (W. auropunctata).