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the subterranean ant fauna

 

Species	Found only in probe	Hand collecting	Bait	Pitfall	Winkler	Canopy Fogging
Acanthostichus quadratus	X
Labidus coecus		X (1 sample)
Neivamyrmex punctaticeps	X
Gnamptogenys haenschi				X (1 sample)
Brachymyrmex cavernicola		X			X	X
Brachymyrmex KTRW001		X			X
Camponotus femoratus		X	X	X	X	X
Camponotus rapax		X (1 sample)		X (1 sample)
Paratrechina KTRW-001†
Paratrechina KTRW-002†
Carebara paya						X (1 sample)
Carebara urichi		X		X (1 sample)	X (1 sample)
Crematogaster levior		X	X	X	X	X
Dolopomyrmex KTRW-001	X
Megalomyrmex foreli		X	X	X	X	X
Ochetomyrmex semipolitus			X (1 sample)	X	X
Pheidole amazonica		X	X (1 sample)		X
Pheidole biconstricta		X	X  (1 sample)	X	X	X
Pheidole fimbriata		X  (1 sample)			X
Pheidole nitella		X	X	X	X
Pheidole peruviana		X (1 sample)	X (1 sample)
Pheidole sagax		X (1 sample)	X  (1 sample)	X (1 sample)	X
Pheidole sp. nr. nesiota†
Pheidole ALMP-001†
Pheidole ALMP-002†
Pheidole ALMP-003†
Pheidole ALMP-004†
Pheidole ALMP-005†
Solenopsis SC-005			X (1 sample)		X (1 sample)	X
Solenopsis SC-006		X	X	X	X	X
Solenopsis SC-008		X	X	X	X	X (1 sample)
Solenopsis SC-009			X	X	X	X
Solenopsis SC-010	X
Solenopsis SC-011			X (1 sample)	X	X	X (1 sample)
Solenopsis SC-012					X (1 sample)
Solenopsis SC-014				X (1 sample)	X (1 sample)
Solenopsis SC-015	X
Solenopsis virulens		X	X	X (1 sample)	X
Tranopelta gilva	X
Tranopelta KTRW-001	X
Tranopelta subterranea		X	X		X
Wasmannia auropunctata		X	X	X	X	X
Wasmannia cf. lutzi		X	X (1 sample)	X	X	X
Centromyrmex alfaroi	X
Odontomachus biumbonatus		X (1 sample)		X (1 sample)
Pachycondyla crassinoda		X (1 sample)	X	X
Pachycondyla impressa	X