Ectatomminae is a
subfamily of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...
s in the
poneromorph subfamilies In ants, the traditional subfamily Ponerinae has been subdivided into several Poneromorph subfamilies, with several former tribes now elevated to subfamily rank. According to this analysis, some ponerine groups may be more closely related to other s ...
group containing four extant and three extinct genera in two tribes.
The subfamily was created in 2003 when
Barry Bolton divided the
Ponerinae
Ponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 47 extant genera, including '' Dinoponera gigantea'' - one of the world's largest species of ant. Mated workers have replaced the queen as the ...
subfamily into six subfamilies.
Genera
*Ectatomminae
Emery, 1895
**Ectatommini
Emery, 1895
*** †''
Canapone''
Dlussky, 1999
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Ectatomma
''Ectatomma'' is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae. The genus contains 17 described extant species and one extinct species.
Distribution and habitat
''Ectatomma'' is one of the most common genera in the Neotropical regio ...
''
Smith, 1858
*** †''
Electroponera''
Wheeler, 1915
*** ''
Gnamptogenys
''Gnamptogenys'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae. The genus has a wide distribution. It is known to occur in the Nearctic, Neotropic, Indomalayan and Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is ...
''
Roger, 1863
*** †''
Pseudectatomma
''Pseudectatomma'' is an extinct genus of ants in the formicid subfamily Ectatomminae described by from fossils found in Europe. The genus contains two species dating from the Eocene, ''Pseudectatomma eocenica'' and ''Pseudectatomma striatula'' ...
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Dlussky & Wedman, 2012
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Rhytidoponera
''Rhytidoponera'' is a large genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae. The genus is known from Australia and Melanesia, with New Caledonia as the most eastern limit.
Some ''Rhytidoponera'' species have both winged alate
Alate (Latin ''āl ...
''
Mayr, 1862
**Typhlomyrmecini
Emery, 1911
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Typhlomyrmex
''Typhlomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae and the sole member of the tribe Typhlomyrmecini. Known from the Neotropics, the genus has a wide distribution. Some species are restricted in range, while for example ''Typhlomyr ...
''
Mayr, 1862
References
External links
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Ant subfamilies
Taxa named by Carlo Emery
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