Ectatomminae

Subfamily of ants

Ectatomminae
Green-head ant (Rhytidoponera metallica)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Emery, 1895
Type genus
Ectatomma
Smith, 1858
Diversity[1]
7 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]

Genera

  • Ectatomminae Emery, 1895
    • Ectatommini Emery, 1895
      • Canapone Dlussky, 1999
      • Ectatomma Smith, 1858
      • Electroponera Wheeler, 1915
      • Gnamptogenys Roger, 1863
      • Pseudectatomma Dlussky & Wedman, 2012
      • Rhytidoponera Mayr, 1862
    • Typhlomyrmecini Emery, 1911

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.

External links

  • Media related to Ectatomminae at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Ectatomminae


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