Forest ant species in the genera Cataulacus, Tetraponera and Polyrhachis were not commonly found in any of the plots, not even regularly in the forest. This could be because it is more
difficult to sample the complete ant fauna in a forest because of its high microhabitat heterogeneity.
Tapinoma sp. 01 is abundant and very active in
Harapan site. When Tapinoma sp. 01 is abundant,
other ant species were unlikely to be present, even physically large ant species such as Camponotus
gigas and Polyrhachis spp.. In habitats where
dolichoderine species were not found, we found
many individuals of small species such as Monomorium and large species such as Oecophylla and
Tetraponera, suggesting that dolichoderines outcompete species from other subfamilies.