Report by John T. (Jack) Longino, The Evergreen State College.
This is a working list of the ants of Playon de la Gloria, 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 octospinosus
Acropyga exsanguis
Acropyga fuhrmanni
Acropyga panamensis
Acropyga smithii
Adelomyrmex JTL-009
Adelomyrmex longinoi
Adelomyrmex silvestrii
Anochetus mayri
Apterostigma JTL-018
Apterostigma pilosum
Atta cephalotes
Azteca alfari
Azteca coeruleipennis
Azteca pittieri
Belonopelta deletrix
Brachymyrmex JTL-007
Camponotus atriceps
Camponotus integellus
Camponotus linnaei
camponotus novogranadensis
Camponotus planatus
Camponotus raphaelis
Camponotus sericeiventris
Cardiocondyla obscurior
Carebara intermedia
Carebara urichi
Cephalotes cristatus
Cephalotes maculatus
Cephalotes minutus
Cerapachys JTL-002
Cerapachys JTL-005
Cerapachys JTL-009
Cheliomyrmex morosus
Crematogaster brasiliensis
Crematogaster crinosa
Crematogaster curvispinosa
Crematogaster torosa
Cyphomyrmex major
Cyphomyrmex rimosus s.l.
Discothyrea denticulata
Dolichoderus bispinosus
Dolichoderus diversus
Dolichoderus lutosus
Eciton mexicanum
Forelius damiani
Gnamptogenys interrupta
Gnamptogenys minuta
Gnamptogenys sulcata
Gnamptogenys tornata
Hylomyrma dentiloba
Hypoponera JTL-007
Hypoponera JTL-019
Hypoponera nitidula
Hypoponera parva
Labidus coecus
Labidus JTL-001
Lachnomyrmex scrobiculatus
Leptogenys JTL-009
Leptogenys JTL-014
Megalomyrmex drifti
Megalomyrmex incisus
Megalomyrmex silvestrii
Monomorium ebeninum
Monomorium pharaonis
Mycocepurus smithii
Myrmicocrypta
Neivamyrmex adnepos
Neivamyrmex asper
Neivamyrmex compressinodis
Neivamyrmex fumosus
Neivamyrmex sumichrasti
Neivamyrmex swainsonii
Nesomyrmex JTL-010
Octostruma balzani s.l.
Octostruma iheringi
Octostruma JTL-005
Octostruma JTL-010
Octostruma wheeleri
Odontomachus laticeps
Odontomachus meinerti
Odontomachus yucatecas
Pachycondyla apicalis
Pachycondyla carinulata
Pachycondyla crenata
Pachycondyla ferruginea_cf
Pachycondyla harpax
Pachycondyla impressa
Pachycondyla stigma
Pachycondyla unidentata
Pachycondyla verenae
Paratrechina JTL-017
Paratrechina JTL-018
Paratrechina longicornis
Pheidole acamata
Pheidole albipes
Pheidole anastasii
Pheidole biconstricta
Pheidole bilimeki
Pheidole browni
Pheidole cephalica
Pheidole citrina
Pheidole colobopsis
Pheidole cramptoni
Pheidole dossena
Pheidole erethizon
Pheidole excubitor
Pheidole fimbriata
Pheidole flavens
Pheidole gauthieri
Pheidole harrisonfordi
Pheidole JTL-159
Pheidole JTL-163
Pheidole JTL-168
Pheidole JTL-170
Pheidole JTL-171
Pheidole JTL-175
Pheidole mooreorum
Pheidole nebulosa
Pheidole prolixa
Pheidole protensa
Pheidole psilogaster
Pheidole punctatissima
Pheidole rectispina
Pheidole rectitrudis
Pheidole roushae
Pheidole rugiceps
Pheidole ruida
Pheidole simonsi
Pheidole specularis
Pheidole susannae
Pheidole tschinkeli
Pheidole tuxtlasana
Pheidole wardi
Platythyrea punctata
Prionopelta modesta
Procryptocerus scabriusculus
Pseudomyrmex boopis
Pseudomyrmex cubaensis
Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus
Pseudomyrmex filiformis
Pseudomyrmex fortis
Pseudomyrmex gracilis
Pseudomyrmex ita
Pseudomyrmex oculatus
Pseudomyrmex PSW-02
Pseudomyrmex salvini
Pseudomyrmex simplex
Pseudomyrmex subater
Pseudomyrmex viduus
Pyramica alberti
Pyramica brevicornis
Pyramica gundlachi
Pyramica margaritae
Pyramica rogata
Pyramica subedentata
Rogeria belti
Rogeria cornuta
Rogeria creightoni
Rogeria cuneola
Rogeria inermis
Rogeria JTL-006
Rogeria tonduzi
Sericomyrmex aztecus
Solenopsis geminata
Solenopsis JTL-007
Solenopsis JTL-009
Solenopsis JTL-015
Solenopsis subterranea
Solenopsis terricola
Strumigenys cordovensis
Strumigenys elongata
Strumigenys lanuginosa
Strumigenys louisianae
Strumigenys ludia
Strumigenys spathula
Tapinoma
Thaumatomyrmex ferox
Trachymyrmex intermedius
Trachymyrmex opulentus
Tranopelta gilva
Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi
Wasmannia auropunctata
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).
Solenopsis (88)
Wasmannia auropunctata (87)
Paratrechina (66)
Pheidole prolixa (59)
Cyphomyrmex rimosus s.l. (56)
Pyramica brevicornis (55)
Rogeria JTL-006 (41)
Pheidole rugiceps (39)
Hypoponera nitidula (38)
Pachycondyla harpax (38)
Prionopelta (38)
Pheidole protensa (34)
Pheidole tuxtlasana (32)
Pyramica gundlachi (32)
Octostruma balzani s.l. (30)
Hypoponera (29)
Pheidole specularis (24)
Lachnomyrmex scrobiculatus (17)
Strumigenys ludia (14)
Odontomachus meinerti (13)
Pheidole colobopsis (13)
Rogeria cornuta (13)
Adelomyrmex silvestrii (12)
Octostruma wheeleri (12)
Pyramica margaritae (12)
Strumigenys cordovensis (11)
Anochetus mayri (10)
Pyramica subedentata (10)
Thaumatomyrmex ferox (10)
Pheidole JTL-163 (9)
Strumigenys elongata (8)
Solenopsis geminata (7)
Adelomyrmex JTL-009 (6)
Belonopelta deletrix (6)
Camponotus atriceps (6)
Carebara intermedia (6)
Gnamptogenys sulcata (6)
Pachycondyla unidentata (6)
Acropyga exsanguis (5)
Brachymyrmex (5)
Cerapachys JTL-005 (5)
Gnamptogenys interrupta (5)
Hylomyrma dentiloba (5)
Megalomyrmex drifti (5)
Odontomachus laticeps (5)
Pheidole acamata (5)
Pheidole dossena (5)
Pheidole simonsi (5)
Pseudomyrmex salvini (5)
Camponotus planatus (4)
Carebara urichi (4)
Monomorium ebeninum (4)
Neivamyrmex compressinodis (4)
Pheidole cramptoni (4)
Pheidole flavens (4)
Pheidole rectitrudis (4)
Strumigenys spathula (4)
Octostruma JTL-005 (3)
Pheidole nebulosa (3)
Pheidole ruida (3)
Rogeria inermis (3)
Acropyga panamensis (2)
Apterostigma JTL-018 (2)
Apterostigma pilosum (2)
Camponotus integellus (2)
Cerapachys JTL-009 (2)
Crematogaster brasiliensis (2)
Monomorium pharaonis (2)
Myrmicocrypta (2)
Neivamyrmex adnepos (2)
Pheidole JTL-159 (2)
Pheidole JTL-175 (2)
Pheidole psilogaster (2)
Pheidole punctatissima (2)
Pheidole susannae (2)
Tapinoma (2)
Acanthognathus ocellatus (1)
Acropyga fuhrmanni (1)
Adelomyrmex longinoi (1)
Atta cephalotes (1)
camponotus novogranadensis (1)
Cephalotes cristatus (1)
Cephalotes minutus (1)
Dolichoderus bispinosus (1)
Gnamptogenys minuta (1)
Hypoponera parva (1)
Labidus coecus (1)
Leptogenys JTL-009 (1)
Megalomyrmex incisus (1)
Megalomyrmex silvestrii (1)
Octostruma iheringi (1)
Pachycondyla verenae (1)
Pheidole fimbriata (1)
Pheidole gauthieri (1)
Pheidole tschinkeli (1)
Pseudomyrmex boopis (1)
Pyramica alberti (1)
Pyramica rogata (1)
Rogeria creightoni (1)
Rogeria cuneola (1)
Rogeria tonduzi (1)
Solenopsis subterranea (1)
Strumigenys lanuginosa (1)
Trachymyrmex intermedius (1)
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu