Ants inhabiting dried-out, hollow Chelonanthus alatus stems among those noted in the area studied.

Note: List of ant species living inside of 144 dried-out, hollow Chelonanthus alatus stems; foraging on C. alatus, or on adjacent trees; and recorded inside of 18 pit-fall traps. A total of 44 ant species recorded. Subfamilies (SF) = D: Dolichoderinae; E: Ectatomminae; F: Formicinae; M: Myrmicinae; P: Ponerinae; Ps: Pseudomyrmecinae. Nesting habit (Nest.) = G: ground-nesting species; A: arboreal species; M: generalist able to nest in different situations. * only incipient colonies. For EFNs, the percentages were obtained from the presence of workers of corresponding species on at least one plant in the patch (eight patches; 10 series of observations).