Report by John T. (Jack) Longino, The Evergreen State College.
This is a working list of the ants of Campamento Quetzal, mid and high elevation sites (1000-2100m), Chiapas, Mexico, based on Project LLAMA sampling. Specimen records have been uploaded to the AntWeb database and are periodically updated.
This is a static webpage with links to the AntWeb species pages, where you can see distribution maps on Google Earth. If links are dead, that means the database has changed as hypotheses of species boundaries evolve and names change.
Stenamma have not been entered yet; Michael Branstetter is working on these.
Below the species list is information on relative abundance of species found in the quantitative miniWinkler samples.
Adelomyrmex JTL-011
Adelomyrmex micans
Adelomyrmex silvestrii
Amblyopone orizabana
Aphaenogaster JTL-001
Atta mexicana
Azteca coeruleipennis
Azteca xanthochroa
Belonopelta deletrix
Brachymyrmex coactus
Brachymyrmex JTL-012
Brachymyrmex JTL-013
Camponotus atriceps
Camponotus cuneidorsus
Camponotus JTL-062
Camponotus striatus
Cardiocondyla venustula
Cerapachys JTL-005
Cerapachys JTL-010
Crematogaster formosa
Crematogaster opaca
Crematogaster torosa
Cryptopone gilva
Discothyrea denticulata
Discothyrea humilis
Discothyrea JTL-007
Eciton vagans
Eurhopalothrix JTL-013
Gnamptogenys porcata
Gnamptogenys simulans
Hypoponera
Labidus coecus
Labidus praedator
Leptanilloides
Leptogenys JTL-010
Megalomyrmex drifti
Myrmelachista skwarrae
Neivamyrmex rugulosus
Neivamyrmex sumichrasti
Octostruma balzani s.l.
Octostruma JTL-012
Odontomachus laticeps
Odontomachus yucatecas
Pachycondyla harpax
Pachycondyla JTL-015
Paratrechina JTL-013
Perissomyrmex snyderi
Pheidole bilimeki
Pheidole deceptrix
Pheidole erethizon
Pheidole flavens
Pheidole guerrerana
Pheidole JTL-159
Pheidole JTL-163
Pheidole mera
Pheidole mooreorum
Pheidole rectisentis
Pheidole ursus
Platythyrea punctata
Ponera JTL-002
Prionopelta modesta
Proceratium mexicanum
Pseudomyrmex championi
Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus
Pseudomyrmex gracilis
Pyramica brevicornis
Pyramica JTL-013
Pyramica margaritae
Pyramica probatrix
Pyramica rogata
Rhopalothrix JTL-002
Rogeria innotabilis
Rogeria JTL-007
Solenopsis geminata
Solenopsis terricola
Strumigenys biolleyi
Strumigenys emeryi
Tapinoma JTL-002
Temnothorax JTL-008
Temnothorax JTL-011
Temnothorax JTL-012
Temnothorax JTL-014
Tetramorium spinosum
Wasmannia auropunctata
Xenomyrmex stollii
The following shows the species in rank order of frequency in 100 miniWinkler samples. The number in parentheses following the species is the number of 1m-square miniWinkler samples in which the species occurred. Stenamma are not included. The genera Solenopsis, Hypoponera, and Brachymyrmex were identified to genus only, except for a few distinctive species.
Mid-elevation:
Paratrechina JTL013 (98)
Adelomyrmex JTL011 (72)
Pyramica brevicornis (62)
Solenopsis (50)
Rogeria innotabilis (44)
Discothyrea denticulata (35)
Adelomyrmex silvestrii (28)
Brachymyrmex (27)
Hypoponera (24)
Proceratium mexicanum (22)
Gnamptogenys porcata (18)
Rhopalothrix JTL002 (17)
Pheidole rectisentis (16)
Eurhopalothrix JTL013 (15)
Gnamptogenys simulans (14)
Discothyrea humilis (11)
Pheidole deceptrix (11)
Pyramica rogata (9)
Pheidole mooreorum (7)
Pheidole ursus (6)
Ponera JTL-002 (6)
Amblyopone orizabana (5)
Labidus coecus (5)
Pyramica JTL013 (4)
Belonopelta deletrix (3)
Pachycondyla JTL015 (3)
Strumigenys emeryi (3)
Cerapachys JTL010 (2)
Pheidole bilimeki (2)
Pheidole erethizon (2)
Strumigenys biolleyi (2)
Aphaenogaster JTL001 (1)
Crematogaster formosa (1)
Discothyrea JTL007 (1)
Labidus praedator (1)
Megalomyrmex drifti (1)
Pachycondyla harpax (1)
Pheidole mera (1)
Rogeria JTL007 (1)
Temnothorax JTL008 (1)
Xenomyrmex stollii (1)
High elevation:
Discothyrea JTL007 (46)
Brachymyrmex (28)
Rhopalothrix JTL002 (5)
Adelomyrmex JTL011 (3)
Amblyopone orizabana (3)
Odontomachus laticeps (2)
Paratrechina (2)
Pheidole bilimeki (2)
Pheidole erethizon (2)
Ponera JTL002 (2)
Pyramica rogata (2)
Tapinoma JTL002 (1)
Temnothorax JTL014 (1)
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu