Ectatomminae
Sign in to saveEctatomminae is a subfamily of ants 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.
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Ectatomminae is a subfamily of ants 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== 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