Ectatomminae

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] Heteroponerinae used to be an independent subfamily, but was merged into Ectatomminae in 2022.^[4] The taxonomical position of Ectatomminae was further upheld in a genomic reanalysis conducted with alternate methods in 2024.^[5]

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

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