| Ectatomminae | |
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| Green-head ant (Rhytidoponera metallica) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae Emery, 1895 |
| Type genus | |
| Ectatomma Smith, 1858
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| 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] Heteroponinae used to be its own subfamily, but was merged into Ectatomminae in 2022.[4]
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Ectatomminae". AntCat. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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FisherCover2007was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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.