| Ectatomminae | |
|---|---|
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| 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 | |
 | This article needs to be updated.(November 2024) |
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]
