| species
|
nest size
|
type
|
references
|
| Acromyrmex landolti
|
1000
|
MR
|
Jaffe pers. comm.
|
| Acromyrmex octospinosus
|
50000
|
MR
|
Blum et al. 1964; Jaffe pers. comm.
|
| Aenictus laeviceps
|
85000
|
GH
|
Schneirla 1965
|
| Aneuretus simoni
|
40
|
MR
|
Traniello and Jayasuriya 1981; Jayasuria and Traniello 1985
|
| Cephalotes varians (as Zacryptocerus varians)
|
1000
|
MR
|
Wilson 1976; Jaffe pers. comm.
|
| Atta cephalotes
|
500000
|
MR
|
Jaffe and Howse 1979; Jaffe pers. comm.
|
| Atta sexdens
|
5000000
|
MR
|
Riley et al. 1974; Jaffe pers. comm.
|
| Atta texana
|
10000000
|
MR
|
Moser and Blum 1963; Riley et al. 1974; Jaffe pers. comm.
|
| Azteca forelii
|
50000
|
MR
|
Jaffe pers. comm.;
|
| Camponotus aethiops
|
2500
|
I
|
Suzzoni pers. comm.
|
| Camponotus pennsylvanicus
|
2200
|
MR
|
Pricer 1908; Traniello 1977
|
| Camponotus sericeus
|
250
|
TR
|
Holldobler et al. 1974
|
| Carebara diversa (as Pheidologeton diversus)
|
250000
|
GH
|
Moffet 1988
|
| Carebara overbecki (as Ologomyrmex overbecki)
|
400
|
TT
|
Moffet 1986b
|
| Carebara silenus (as Pheidologeton silenus)
|
100000
|
GH
|
Moffet 1988
|
| Carebara urichi (as Erebomyrma nevermann)
|
180
|
TT
|
Wilson 1986
|
| Cataglyphis bicolor
|
2000
|
I
|
Wehner et al. 1983
|
| Cataglyphis cursor
|
1000
|
I
|
Cagniant 1983; Lenoir pers. comm.
|
| Colobopsis truncata
|
50
|
I
|
Suzzoni pers. comm.
|
| Crematogaster sumichrasti
|
1000
|
MR
|
Jaffe pers. comm.
|
| Cyphomyrmex rimosus
|
100
|
I
|
Blum et al. 1964; Jaffe pers. comm.
|
| Daceton armigerum
|
10000
|
I
|
Blum and Portocarrero 1965; Jaffe pers. comm.
|
| Diacamma rugosum
|
100
|
I
|
Fukumoto and Abe 1983
|
| Dinoponera australis
|
30
|
I
|
Fowler 1985
|
| Dinoponera quadriceps
|
60
|
I
|
Dantas de Araujo pers. comm.
|
| Dorylus nigricans (as Anomma nigricans)
|
1036800
|
GH
|
Vosseler 1905
|
| Dorylus wilverthi (as Anomma wilverthi)
|
20000000
|
GH
|
Raignier and van Boven 1955
|
| Dorymyrmex biconis (as Conomyrma bicornis)
|
5000
|
MR
|
Jaffe pers. comm.
|
| Eciton burchellii
|
425000
|
GH
|
Schneirla 1957
|
| Eciton hamatum
|
300000
|
GH
|
Schneirla 1957; Rettenmeyer 1963
|
| Eciton rapax
|
275000
|
GH
|
Sudd and Franks 1987
|
| Ectatomma ruidum
|
125
|
I
|
Lachaud et al. 1984
|
| Formica aquilonia
|
400000
|
TT
|
Zakharov 1978
|
| Formica bruni
|
1400
|
MR
|
Cherix and Maddalena-Feller 1987
|
| Formica cunicularia
|
1100
|
I
|
Deffernez pers. comm.
|
| Formica fusca
|
500
|
MR
|
Wallis 1964; Moglich and Holldobler 1975
|
| Formica lugubris
|
40000
|
TT
|
Rosengren 1971; Breen 1979
|
| Formica polyctena
|
450000
|
TT
|
Rosengren 1971; Kruk-de-Bruin et al. 1977; Horstmann 1982
|
| Formica pratensis
|
60000
|
TT
|
Rosengren 1971; Jensen 1977
|
| Formica rufa
|
4000000
|
TT
|
Gosswald 1951; Rosengren 1971
|
| Formica yessensis
|
51000
|
TT
|
Ito 1973; Cherix 1987
|
| Hypoponera eduardi (as Ponera eduardi)
|
1500
|
TR
|
Le Masne 1952; Bernard 1968
|
| Labidus praedator
|
1000000
|
GH
|
Rettenmeyer 1963
|
| Lasius fuliginosus
|
2500000
|
TT
|
Hainaut-Riche et al. 1980; Quinet et Pasteels 1987
|
| Lasius niger
|
5500
|
MR
|
Stradling 1970; Brian 1977
|
| Leptogenys chinensis
|
367
|
GH
|
Maschwitz and Schonegge 1983
|
| Leptogenys processionalis (as Leptogenys ocellifera)
|
50000
|
MR
|
Maschwitz and Mulenberg 1975
|
| Leptothorax acervorum
|
250
|
TR
|
Dobrzanski 1966; Buschinger 1971; Moglich et al. 1974; Moglich 1979
|
| Leptothorax muscorum
|
300
|
TR
|
TR Buschinger 1966; Moglich et al. 1974
|
| Linepithema humile (as Iridomyrmex humilis)
|
150000
|
MR
|
Keller pers. comm.
|
| Mesoponera caffraria
|
70
|
TR
|
Levieux 1967; Agbogba 1981
|
| Messor barbarus
|
8000
|
GM
|
Delye pers. comm.
|
| Messor sanctus
|
3500
|
GM
|
Delye pers. comm.; Suzzoni pers. comm.
|
| Monomorium pharaonis
|
800
|
MR
|
Peacock et al. 1955; Sudd 1960
|
| Mycetomoellerius urichii (as Trachymyrmex urichii)
|
100
|
MR
|
Jaffe and Villegas 1985; Jaffe pers. comm.
|
| Myrmecia gulosa
|
900
|
I
|
Haskins and Haskins 1950; Robertson 1971
|
| Myrmica rubra
|
1000
|
GM
|
Stradling 1970; Petal 1972; Cammaerts and Cammaerts 1980
|
| Myrmica ruginodis
|
2000
|
GM
|
Stradling 1970, Brian 1972; Cammaerts and Cammaerts 1980
|
| Myrmica sabuleti
|
3000
|
MR
|
Brian 1972; Cammaerts and Cammaerts 1980
|
| Myrmicaria natalensis eumenoides (as Myrmicaria eumenoides)
|
20000
|
MR
|
Levieux 1983
|
| Myrmoteras barbouri
|
8
|
I
|
Moffet 1986a
|
| Myrmoteras toro
|
22
|
I
|
Moffet 1986a
|
| Neivamyrmex nigrescens
|
30000
|
GH
|
Topoffet al. 1980
|
| Neoponera apicalis
|
90
|
I
|
Lachaud et al. 1984; Fresneau 1985
|
| Neoponera commutata
|
400
|
GM
|
Mill 1982, 1984
|
| Neoponera obscuricornis
|
100
|
I
|
Traniello and Holldobler 1984; Fresneau 1984
|
| Neoponera villosa
|
500
|
I
|
Lachaud et al. 1984; Lachaud pers. comm.
|
| Novomessor albisetosus
|
350
|
MR
|
Holldobler et al. 1978.
|
| Novomessor cockerelli
|
350
|
MR
|
Holldobler et al. 1978.
|
| Ocymyrmex barbiger
|
200
|
MR
|
Marsh 1985
|
| Odontomachus bauri
|
300
|
I
|
Jaffe and Marcuse 1983
|
| Odontomachus haematodus
|
500
|
TR
|
Holldobler and Engel 1978; Jaffe pers. comm.
|
| Odontomachus troglodytes
|
240
|
TR
|
Dejean 1982; et al. 1964; Dejean and Bashingwa 1985
|
| Oecophylla longinoda
|
480000
|
MR
|
Way 1954; Holldobler and Wilson 1978
|
| Ophthalmopone berthoudi
|
400
|
I
|
Peeters and Crewe 1987
|
| Pheidole embolopyx
|
300
|
MR
|
Wilson and Holldobler 1985
|
| Pheidole fallax
|
10000
|
MR
|
Law et al. 1965; Jaffe pers. comm.
|
| Pheidole pallidula
|
5000
|
MR
|
Detrain pers. comm.
|
| Pogonomyrmex badius
|
4300
|
MR
|
Brian et al. 1967; Holldobler and Wilson 1970
|
| Pogonomyrmex californicus
|
4500
|
MR
|
Holldobler and Wilson 1970; Erickson 1972
|
| Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
|
3880
|
MR
|
Lavigne 1969; Holldobler and Wilson 1970
|
| Proatta butteli
|
10000
|
MR
|
Moffet 1986c
|
| Pseudomyrmex termitarius
|
75
|
TR
|
Jaffe pers. comm.
|
| Pseudomyrmex triplarinus
|
10000
|
TR
|
Jaffe pers. comm.
|
| Solenopsis invicta
|
100000
|
MR
|
Wilson 1962; Tschinkel 1987
|
| Stigmatomma pallipes (as Amblyopone pallipes)
|
15
|
I
|
Traniello 1978; Lachaud pers. comm.
|
| Strumigenys lujae (as Serrastruma lujae)
|
57
|
I
|
Dejean 1982
|
| Strumigenys serrula (as Serrastruma serrula)
|
78
|
I
|
Dejean 1982
|
| Strumigenys emarginata (as Smithistruma emarginata)
|
199
|
I
|
Dejean 1982
|
| Strumigenys truncatidens (as Smithistruma truncatidens)
|
133
|
I
|
Dejean 1982
|
| Tapinoma erraticum
|
1000
|
MR
|
Meudec 1979; Verhaeghe et al. 1980
|
| Temnothorax ambiguus (as Leptothorax ambiguus)
|
50
|
TR
|
Talbot 1965; Moglich 1979
|
| Temnothorax curvispinosus (as Leptothorax curvispinosus)
|
50
|
TR
|
Headley 1943; Talbot 1965; Moglich 1979
|
| Temnothorax duloticus (as Leptothorax duloticus)
|
12
|
TR
|
Talbot 1957; Alloway 1979; Moglich 1979
|
| Temnothorax longispinosus (as Leptothorax longispinosus)
|
65
|
TR
|
Headley 1943
|
| Temnothorax nylanderi (as Leptothorax nylanderi)
|
280
|
TR
|
Plateau pers. comm.
|
| Temnothorax unifasciatus (as Leptothorax unifasciatus)
|
325
|
TR
|
Lane 1977; Plateau pers. comm.
|
| Tetramorium caespitum
|
14000
|
GM
|
Brian et al. 1967; Pasteels et al. 1987
|
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