TABLE 2. Ranking of target genera according to their ability to estimate total ant species richness at a site (hectare scale), based on correlations with within-genus richness (data from Andersen 1997c ). Two groups of regional sites are recognized, those representing a single habitat type but varying in disturbance, and those representing variation between habitats.
| Within Habitat
| Between habitats
|
| Melophorus
| Melophorus
|
| Rhytidoponera
| Meranoplus
|
| Monomorium
| Rhytidoponera
|
| Pheidole
| Monomorium
|
| Polyrhachis
| Pheidole
|
| Meranoplus
| Iridomyrmex
|
| Camponotus
| Polyrhachis
|
| Iridomyrmex
| Camponotus
|