Ectatomminae
Subfamily of ants
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Ectatomminae is a subfamily of ants containing four extant and three extinct genera in two tribes.[2] The subfamily was described in 2003 when Barry Bolton divided the Ponerinae subfamily into six subfamilies.[3] Heteroponerinae used to be an independent subfamily, but was merged into Ectatomminae in 2022.[4] The taxonomical position of Ectatomminae was further upheld in a genomic reanalysis conducted with alternate methods in 2024.[5]
| Ectatomminae | |
|---|---|
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| Green-head ant (Rhytidoponera metallica) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Clade: | Myrmicomorpha |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae Emery, 1895 |
| Type genus | |
| Ectatomma Smith, 1858 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 15 genera | |
Taxonomy
- Ectatommini Emery, 1896
- Alfaria Dlussky, 1999
- †Canapone Dlussky, 1999
- Ectatomma Smith, 1858
- †Electroponera Wheeler, 1915
- Gnamptogenys Roger, 1863
- Holcoponera Mayr, 1887
- Poneracantha Emery, 1897
- †Pseudectatomma Dlussky & Wedman, 2012
- Rhytidoponera Mayr, 1862
- Stictoponera Mayr, 1887
- Typhlomyrmex Mayr, 1862
- Heteroponerini Bolton, 2003
- Acanthoponera Mayr, 1862
- Aulacopone Arnol'di, 1930
- Bazboltonia Camacho & Feitosa, 2022
- Heteroponera Mayr, 1887
