ATLANTIC ANTS: a data set of ants in Atlantic Forests of South America
Authors: Silva Rogério R. , Martello Felipe , Feitosa Rodrigo Machado , Silva Otávio Guilherme M. , do Prado Lívia Pires , Brandão Carlos Roberto F. , de Albuquerque Emília Zoppas , Morini Maria Santina C. , Delabie Jacques Hubert Charles , dos Santos Monteiro Erison Carlos , Emanuel Oliveira Alves Agripino , Wild Alexander L. , Christianini Alexander V. , Arnhold Alexandre , Casadei Ferreira Alexandre , Oliveira Aline Machado , Santos Alvaro D. , Galbán Alvaro , de Oliveira Amanda Aparecida , Subtil Amanda Gomes Madureira , Dias Amanda Martins , de Carvalho Campos Ana Eugênia , Waldschimidt Ana Maria , Freitas André Victor Lucci , Avalos Andrea N. , Meyer Andreas L. S. , Sánchez‐Restrepo Andrés F. , Suarez Andrew V. , Souza Anselmo Santos , Queiroz Antônio C. M. , Mayhé‐Nunes Antônio J. , da Cruz Reis Ariel , Lopes Benedito Cortês , Guénard Benoit , Trad Bhrenno Maykon , Caitano Bianca , Yagound Boris , Pereira‐Silva Brenda , Fisher Brian L. , Tavares Brisa Lunar Patrício , Moraes Bruna Borges , Filgueiras Bruno K. C. , Guarda Carin , Ribas Carla R. , Cereto Carlos Eduardo , Esbérard Carlos Eduardo Lustosa , Schaefer Carlos E. G. R. , Paris Carolina I. , Bueno Cecília , Lasmar Chaim Jose , da Costa‐Milanez Cinthia Borges , Lutinski Cladis Juliana , Ortiz‐Sepulveda Claudia M. , Wazema Claudia Tiemi , Mariano Cléa S. F. , Barrera Corina Anahí , Klunk Cristian Luan , Santana Daniel Oliveira , Larrea Darío , Rother Débora Cristina , Souza‐Campana Débora R. , Kayano Débora Yumi , Alves Diego Lemos , Assis Diego Santana , Anjos Diego , França Eder Cleyton Barbosa , Santos Eduardo F. , Silva Elisangela A. , Santos Éliton Vieira , Koch Elmo Borges , Siqueira Emely Laiara Silva , Almeida Érica A. , Araujo Erica Santos , Villarreal Erick , Becker Erin , de Oliveira Canedo‐Júnior Ernesto , Santos‐Neto Esperidião A. , Economo Evan P. , Araújo‐Oliveira Évellyn Silva , Cuezzo Fabiana , Magalhães Fabrício Severo , Neves Felipe Marcel , Rosumek Felix Baumgarten , Dorneles Fernanda Emanuela , Noll Fernando B. , Arruda Filipe V. , Esteves Flávia A. , Ramos Flavio Nunes , Garcia Flávio Roberto Mello , de Castro Flávio Siqueiro , Serna Francisco , Marcineiro Frederico Rottgers , Neves Frederico S. , do Nascimento Gabriela Bandeira , de Figueiredo Jacintho Gabriela , Camacho Gabriela P. , Ribeiro Genesio Tamara , Lourenço Giselle Martins , Soares Glória Ramos , Castilho Graciele A. , Alves Guilherme Pereira , Zurita Gustavo A. , Machado Santos Gustavo Henrique , Onody Helena Carolina , Oliveira Helon Simões , Vasconcelos Heraldo L. , Paulino‐Neto Hipólito Ferreira , Brant Humberto , Rismo Coelho Igor , de Melo Teles e Gomes Inácio José , Leal Inara R. , Dos Santos Iracenir Andrade , Santos Isis Caroline Siqueira , Fernandes Itanna O. , Nascimento Ivan C. , Queiroz Jarbas Marçal , Lattke John E. , Majer Jonathan , Schoereder José Henrique , Dantas José Oliveira , Andrade‐Silva Joudellys , Díaz Guastavino Juan Martin , Silveira dos Santos Juliana , Filloy Julieta , Chaul Júlio C. M. , Lutinski Junir Antonio , Carvalho Karine S. , Ramos Kelli S. , Sampaio Kelly L. S. , Ribeiro Laís Aryane M. , Sousa‐Souto Leandro , Paolucci Lucas N. , Elizalde Luciana , Podgaiski Luciana R. , Chifflet Lucila , Carvalho‐Leite Ludimila Juliele , Calcaterra Luis A. , Macedo‐Reis Luiz Eduardo , Magnago Luiz Fernando Silva , Madureira Marcelo Silva , Silva Márcio Morais , Pie Márcio R. , Uehara‐Prado Marcio , Pizo Marco Aurélio , Pesquero Marcos Antônio , Carneiro Marcos Augusto Ferraz , Busato Maria Assunta , de Almeida Maria Fernanda Brito , Bellocq Maria Isabel , Tibcherani Mariáh , Casimiro Mariana Sampaio , Ronque Mariane Ueda Vaz , da Costa Marília Maria Silva , Angotti Marina Acero , de Oliveira Marina Vasconcelos , Leponce Maurice , Imata Mayara Mieko Gonçalves , de Oliveira Martins Mila Ferraz , Antunes Ulysséa Mônica , do Espirito Santo Nadia Barbosa , Ladino López Natalia Maritza , Balbino Natalia Soares , da Silva Nathalia Sampaio , Safar Nathália V. H. , de Andrade Paloma Leal , Camargo Paulo H. S. A. , Oliveira Paulo S. , Dodonov Pavel , Luna Pedro , Ward Philip S. , Hanisch Priscila E. , Silva Priscila Santos , Divieso Raquel , Carvalho Raquel L. , Campos Renata B. F. , Antoniazzi Reuber , Vicente Ricardo Eduardo , Giovenardi Ricardo , Campos Ricardo Ildefonso , Solar Ricardo R. C. , Fujihara Ricardo Toshio , de Jesus Santos Roberta , Fagundes Roberth , Guerrero Roberto J. , Probst Rodolfo S. , de Jesus Rodrigo Silva , Silvestre Rogério , López‐Muñoz Roman Alberto , de Souza Ferreira‐Châline Ronara , Almeida Rony Peterson Santos , de Mello Pinto Samuel , Santoandré Santiago , Althoff Sérgio L. , Ribeiro Sérvio P. , Jory Tainara , Fernandes Tae Tanaami , de Oliveira Andrade Tamires , Pereira Thalles Platiny Lavinscky , Gonçalves‐Souza Thiago , da Silva Thiago Sanches Ranzani , Silva Victória N. G. , Lopez Vinicius Marques , Tonetti Vinicius Rodrigues , Nacagava Vivian Ayumi Fujizawa , Oliveira Viviane M. , Dáttilo Wesley , DaRocha Wesley , Franco Weslly , Dröse William , Antonialli William , Ribeiro Milton Cezar 
Published: November 2021

Ants, an ecologically successful and numerically dominant group of animals, play key ecological roles as soil engineers, predators, nutrient recyclers, and regulators of plant growth and reproduction in most terrestrial ecosystems. Further, ants are widely used as bioindicators of the ecological impact of land use. We gathered information of ant species in the Atlantic Forest of South America. The ATLANTIC ANTS data set, which is part of the ATLANTIC SERIES data papers, is a compilation of ant records from collections (18,713 records), unpublished data (29,651 records), and published sources (106,910 records; 1,059 references), including papers, theses, dissertations, and book chapters published from 1886 to 2020. In total, the data set contains 153,818 ant records from 7,636 study locations in the Atlantic Forest, representing 10 subfamilies, 99 genera, 1,114 ant species identified with updated taxonomic certainty, and 2,235 morphospecies codes. Our data set reflects the heterogeneity in ant records, which include ants sampled at the beginning of the taxonomic history of myrmecology (the 19th and 20th centuries) and more recent ant surveys designed to address specific questions in ecology and biology. The data set can be used by researchers to develop strategies to deal with different macroecological and region‐wide questions, focusing on assemblages, species occurrences, and distribution patterns. Furthermore, the data can be used to assess the consequences of changes in land use in the Atlantic Forest on different ecological processes. No copyright restrictions apply to the use of this data set, but we request that authors cite this data paper when using these data in publications or teaching events.