Ectatomminae

Ectatomminae
Green-head ant (Rhytidoponera metallica)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae Emery, 1895
Type genus
Ectatomma Smith, 1858
Diversity[1]
15 genera

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] 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

1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Ectatomminae". AntCat. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
2. "Subfamily: Ectatomminae". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Borowiec, Marek L.; Zhang, Y. Miles; Neves, Karen; Ramalho, Manuela O.; Fisher, Brian L.; Lucky, Andrea; Moreau, Corrie S. (5 July 2024), Evaluating UCE data adequacy and integrating uncertainty in a comprehensive phylogeny of ants, doi:10.1101/2024.07.03.601921, retrieved 12 December 2024

External links

• Media related to Ectatomminae at Wikimedia Commons