A STUDY OF THE DIVERSITY OF ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) IN TEAK MONOCULTURE IN MATO GROSSO STATE PANTANAL

The study aimed to perform a survey of the diversity of ants in monoculture of Tectona grandis. The collections took place in the period from May 2015 to May of 2016, in the stand, within the physiographic zone of Mato Grosso state Pantanal. The experiment was attended by 20 Pitfall traps, responsible for collecting 12,649 individuals, which were duly forwarded to the Laboratory of Forest Protection (UFMT) for sorting of specimens, resulting in five subfamilies, 16 genera and 26 species. The faunistic indexes were obtained through the ANAFAU program, the study of the diversity index was calculated according to the series of Hill numbers. The qualitative and quantitative studies demonstrated that the subfamilies Myrmicinae and Ponerinae were the most representative in numbers of genres, while pheidole and Camponotus were the most expressive genres in species richness. Thus, it was confirmed that the collection effort was sufficient for sampling performed in the teak planting for the period