Characterization of the ant community and its relationship with the plants of the tropical dry forest of the village of El Arenoso, Rivera, Huila, Colombia

Abstract

A community of ants found in a fragment of Tropical Dry Forest of Vereda El Arenoso in the municipality of Rivera, Huila; which is highly intervened but still retains sufficient vegetation structure. Our main objective was to determine if there are any significance in the diversity of ants within the study area. To achieve this objective, samples collected from both ants and vegetation were characterized to analyze their relationship. A total of 18 genera of ants were recorded throughout the fragment and 16 genera of plants. It is taxonomically dominated by the subfamilies Myrmicinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae, Dorylinae, Formicinae, Pseudomyrmecinae for ants and Anacardiaceae, Cactaceae, Piperaceae, Nyctageaceae, Myrtaceae, Apocynaceae, Sapindaceae, Aristolochiaceae, Poaceaeteraceae, Poaceaeteraceae, Pobiaaeceae, Pobiaaeceae, Rutaceae for plants