Ectatomminae

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]

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Ectatomminae". AntCat. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference AWEctatomminae was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference FisherCover2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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