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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
15 genera
This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (November 2024)

Ectatomminae is a subfamily of ants in the poneromorph subfamilies group containing four extant and three extinct genera in two tribes. The subfamily was described in 2003 when Barry Bolton divided the Ponerinae subfamily into six subfamilies. Heteroponerinae used to be an independent subfamily, but was merged into Ectatomminae in 2022. The taxonomical position of Ectatomminae was further upheld in a genomic reanalysis conducted with alternate methods in 2024.

Taxonomy

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

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Ectatomminae


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