Report by John T. (Jack) Longino, The Evergreen State College.
This is a working list of the ants of Metzabok, 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.
Acanthognathus ocellatus
Acanthoponera minor
Acromyrmex echinatior
Acropyga exsanguis
Adelomyrmex JTL-008
Adelomyrmex JTL-009
Adelomyrmex silvestrii
Anochetus mayri
Apterostigma goniodes
Apterostigma pilosum
Atta cephalotes
Azteca nigra
Azteca xanthochroa
Belonopelta deletrix
Brachymyrmex cavernicola
Camponotus atriceps
Camponotus claviscapus
Camponotus integellus
Camponotus mucronatus
camponotus novogranadensis
Camponotus planatus
Camponotus sanctaefidei
Camponotus sericeiventris
Camponotus striatus
Cardiocondyla obscurior
Carebara intermedia
Carebara urichi
Cephalotes cristatus
Cephalotes minutus
Cephalotes porrasi
Cephalotes scutulatus
Cephalotes umbraculatus
Cerapachys JTL-005
Cheliomyrmex morosus
Crematogaster brasiliensis
Crematogaster curvispinosa
Crematogaster nigropilosa
Crematogaster rochai
Crematogaster sumichrasti
Cyphomyrmex costatus
Cyphomyrmex rimosus s.l.
Discothyrea denticulata
Dolichoderus bispinosus
Dolichoderus diversus
Dolichoderus lutosus
Eciton mexicanum
Forelius damiani
Gnamptogenys interrupta
Gnamptogenys minuta
Gnamptogenys simulans
Gnamptogenys strigata
Gnamptogenys sulcata
Hylomyrma dentiloba
Hypoponera JTL-007
Hypoponera JTL-019
Hypoponera nitidula
Hypoponera parva
Labidus praedator
Leptanilloides sp. (a male in a Malaise sample)
Leptogenys JTL-009
Megalomyrmex drifti
Megalomyrmex incisus
Megalomyrmex silvestrii
Monomorium ebeninum
Monomorium floricola
Myrmelachista skwarrae
Myrmicocrypta
Neivamyrmex impudens
Neivamyrmex sumichrasti
Nesomyrmex dalmasi
Nesomyrmex pittieri
Nesomyrmex pleuriticus
Octostruma balzani s.l.
Octostruma JTL-005
Octostruma wheeleri
Odontomachus laticeps
Odontomachus meinerti
Odontomachus yucatecas
Pachycondyla apicalis
Pachycondyla ferruginea_cf
Pachycondyla harpax
Pachycondyla impressa
Pachycondyla JTL-015
Pachycondyla JTL-016
Pachycondyla JTL-017
Pachycondyla unidentata
Pachycondyla verenae
Pachycondyla villosa
Paratrechina longicornis
Pheidole acamata
Pheidole albipes
Pheidole arietans
Pheidole beloceps
Pheidole bilimeki
Pheidole browni
Pheidole cephalica
Pheidole citrina
Pheidole colobopsis
Pheidole erethizon
Pheidole fimbriata
Pheidole flavens
Pheidole harrisonfordi
Pheidole hasticeps
Pheidole JTL-110
Pheidole JTL-159
Pheidole JTL-160
Pheidole JTL-163
Pheidole JTL-170
Pheidole JTL-173
Pheidole mooreorum
Pheidole nebulosa
Pheidole nitella
Pheidole potosiana
Pheidole prattorum
Pheidole prolixa
Pheidole protensa
Pheidole psilogaster
Pheidole punctatissima
Pheidole rectispina
Pheidole rectitrudis
Pheidole roushae
Pheidole rugiceps
Pheidole ruida
Pheidole simonsi
Pheidole specularis
Pheidole subarmata
Pheidole susannae
Pheidole texticeps
Pheidole tschinkeli
Pheidole tuxtlasana
Pheidole wardi
Platythyrea prizo
Platythyrea punctata
Prionopelta modesta
Proceratium tio
Procryptocerus belti
Procryptocerus scabriusculus
Pseudomyrmex ejectus
Pseudomyrmex boopis
Pseudomyrmex cubaensis
Pseudomyrmex distinctus
Pseudomyrmex elongatulus
Pseudomyrmex elongatus
Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus
Pseudomyrmex fervidus
Pseudomyrmex gracilis
Pseudomyrmex oculatus
Pseudomyrmex peperi
Pseudomyrmex PSW-53
Pseudomyrmex salvini
Pseudomyrmex simplex
Pseudomyrmex subater
Pyramica alberti
Pyramica brevicornis
Pyramica gundlachi
Pyramica margaritae
Pyramica subedentata
Rhopalothrix JTL-002
Rogeria belti
Rogeria cornuta
Rogeria cuneola
Rogeria inermis
Rogeria JTL-006
Solenopsis geminata
Solenopsis JTL-007
Solenopsis JTL-009
Solenopsis subterranea
Solenopsis terricola
Strumigenys biolleyi
Strumigenys cordovensis
Strumigenys elongata
Strumigenys emeryi
Strumigenys ludia
Tapinoma melanocephalum
Tatuidris tatusia
Temnothorax JTL-015
Thaumatomyrmex ferox
Trachymyrmex intermedius
Trachymyrmex opulentus
Typhlomyrmex pusillus
Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi
Wasmannia auropunctata
Wasmannia rochai
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 (S. geminata, S. subterranea, H. nitidula, H. parva).
Wasmannia auropunctata (79)
Octostruma balzani s.l. (74)
Pyramica gundlachi (58)
Cyphomyrmex rimosus s.l. (46)
Gnamptogenys strigata (39)
Hypoponera nitidula (39)
Pheidole prolixa (31)
Adelomyrmex silvestrii (29)
Carebara intermedia (29)
Adelomyrmex JTL-009 (26)
Carebara urichi (25)
Odontomachus meinerti (24)
Rogeria JTL-006 (24)
Pheidole rugiceps (22)
Pyramica brevicornis (22)
Pheidole albipes (18)
Pyramica margaritae (17)
Hylomyrma dentiloba (16)
Pyramica subedentata (16)
Pachycondyla harpax (15)
Strumigenys ludia (15)
Pheidole flavens (14)
Octostruma wheeleri (12)
Strumigenys elongata (11)
Megalomyrmex incisus (10)
Pheidole hasticeps (10)
Pheidole simonsi (10)
Adelomyrmex JTL-008 (9)
Gnamptogenys interrupta (9)
Pheidole fimbriata (9)
Rogeria cornuta (9)
Anochetus mayri (8)
Myrmicocrypta (8)
Pheidole ruida (8)
Pheidole colobopsis (7)
Pheidole JTL-163 (7)
Pheidole mooreorum (7)
Pheidole nebulosa (7)
Pheidole prattorum (7)
Discothyrea denticulata (6)
Megalomyrmex drifti (6)
Megalomyrmex silvestrii (6)
Pheidole erethizon (6)
Pheidole texticeps (6)
Pheidole tuxtlasana (6)
Thaumatomyrmex ferox (6)
Hypoponera parva (5)
Pheidole specularis (5)
Dolichoderus bispinosus (4)
Gnamptogenys minuta (4)
Pheidole acamata (4)
Tatuidris tatusia (4)
Trachymyrmex intermedius (4)
Apterostigma pilosum (3)
Camponotus atriceps (3)
Crematogaster brasiliensis (3)
Gnamptogenys simulans (3)
Pheidole citrina (3)
Pheidole susannae (3)
Pyramica alberti (3)
Acropyga exsanguis (2)
Apterostigma goniodes (2)
Belonopelta deletrix (2)
Cyphomyrmex costatus (2)
Octostruma JTL-005 (2)
Pachycondyla impressa (2)
Pheidole JTL-159 (2)
Pheidole roushae (2)
Pheidole wardi (2)
Rhopalothrix JTL-002 (2)
Temnothorax JTL-015 (2)
Wasmannia rochai (2)
Acanthognathus ocellatus (1)
Acromyrmex echinatior (1)
Cephalotes minutus (1)
Cerapachys JTL-005 (1)
Crematogaster sumichrasti (1)
Dolichoderus lutosus (1)
Leptogenys JTL-009 (1)
Monomorium floricola (1)
Odontomachus laticeps (1)
Pachycondyla apicalis (1)
Pachycondyla JTL-015 (1)
Pachycondyla JTL-016 (1)
Pachycondyla JTL-017 (1)
Pachycondyla unidentata (1)
Pheidole arietans (1)
Pheidole bilimeki (1)
Pheidole JTL-160 (1)
Pheidole rectitrudis (1)
Pheidole tschinkeli (1)
Proceratium tio (1)
Pseudomyrmex boopis (1)
Pseudomyrmex oculatus (1)
Solenopsis subterranea (1)
Strumigenys emeryi (1)
Trachymyrmex opulentus (1)
Typhlomyrmex pusillus (1)
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu