“…In the indoor environments, inadequate waste management and lack of care with food storage and transportation (TANAKA; VIGGIANI; PERSON, 2007) favor the estab-lishment of ants (OLIVEIRA; CAMPOS-FARINHA, 2005). In outdoor areas, the presence of buildings and sidewalks (LUTINSKI et al, 2014) represent, for some species of the genera Pheidole, Camponotus, and Solenopsis, sites for nesting, contributing to the greater richness and abundance of these genera in these locations (GONÇALVES et al, 2011;BACCARO et al, 2015;FEITOSA, 2015).…”