Table 1. The relationship between meshedness and colony size in ants.

Species	Pop. Size	Architecture	References
Ectatomma opaciventre	9–61	Single vertical tunnel	Antoniolli-Jr 1997
Amblyopone pluto	18–35	Single vertical tunnel	Lévieux 1976
Aphaenogaster sp.	200	Single vertical tunnel	Tschinkel 2003
Odontomachus brunneus	300	Single vertical tunnel	Tschinkel 2003
Myrmecia dispar	368	Stacked horizontal tunnels connecting one vertical shaft	Gray 1971
Mycetophylax simplex	68–611	Stacked chambers connecting one vertical tunnel	Diehl-Fleig 2007
Conomyrma sp.	1000	Stacked chambers connecting one vertical tunnel	Tschinkel 2003
Messor arenarius	∼1500	Numerous inter-connected chambers.	Délye 1971
Myrmecia brevinoda	2576	High meshedness under the mound	Higashi 1990
Formica pallidifulva	2946	High meshedness decreasing with the depth (“top-heavy”)	Mikheyev 2004
Pheidole Morrisi	6000	Top-heavy	Williams 1988; Tschinkel 2003
Pogonomyrmex badius	8000	High meshedness at shallow depths and top-heavy	Tschinkel 1999a
Prenolepis imparis	11000	High meshedness at shallow depths and one descending tunnel	Tschinkel 1987
Formica exsectoides	238,000	Very high meshedness	Bristow 1992
Solenopsis invicta	250,000–500,000	Very high meshedness in a compact nest. Numerous tunnels and chambers	Tschinkel 2003