Table 3. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) for the species Acromyrmex striatus, performed with three hierarchical levels, considering the groups formed by SAMOVA.

Source of variation	df	Percentage of variation
Among groups	6	80.28
Among populations within groups	6	0.63
Within groups	115	19.09

df: degrees of freedom. All values were significant at p < 0.01.