Ectatomminae is a subfamily of ants in the poneromorph subfamilies group 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] Heteroponinae used to be its own subfamily, but was merged into Ectatomminae in 2022.[4]
| Ectatomminae | |
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| Green-head ant (Rhytidoponera metallica) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae Emery, 1895 |
| Type genus | |
| Ectatomma Smith, 1858
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 7 genera | |
Subdivisions
edit- Ectatommini Emery, 1895
- †Canapone Dlussky, 1999
- Ectatomma Smith, 1858
- †Electroponera Wheeler, 1915
- Gnamptogenys Roger, 1863
- †Pseudectatomma Dlussky & Wedman, 2012
- Rhytidoponera Mayr, 1862
- Heteroponerini Bolton, 2003
- Acanthoponera Mayr, 1862
- Aulacopone Arnol'di, 1930
- Bazboltonia Camacho & Feitosa, 2022
- Heteroponera Mayr, 1887
- Typhlomyrmecini Emery, 1911
- Typhlomyrmex Mayr, 1862
References
edit- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Ectatomminae". AntCat. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ "Subfamily: Ectatomminae". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ Fisher, Brian L.; Cover, Stefan P. (2007). Ants of North America: A Guide to the Genera. University of California Press. pp. 57–58. ISBN 978-0-520-93455-9.
- ^ Camacho, G.P.; et al. (25 January 2022). "UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 1 (5): 1. doi:10.1093/isd/ixab026. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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