| Ectatomminae | |
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| Green-head ant (Rhytidoponera metallica) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Clade: | Myrmicomorpha |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae Emery, 1895 |
| Type genus | |
| Ectatomma Smith, 1858
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| Diversity1 | |
| 15 genera | |
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
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
References
References
- 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) 5: 1. doi:10.1093/isd/ixab026. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- Borowiec, Marek L.; Zhang, Y. Miles; Neves, Karen; Ramalho, Manuela O.; Fisher, Brian L.; Lucky, Andrea; Moreau, Corrie S. (2025). "Evaluating UCE Data Adequacy and Integrating Uncertainty in a Comprehensive Phylogeny of Ants". Systematic Biology. 74 (5): 700–722. bioRxiv 10.1101/2024.07.03.601921. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaf001.