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Ectatommini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Ectatommini was named by Emery (1895). It is extant. Its type is Ectatomma.

It was assigned to Ponerinae by Wheeler (1915); and to Ectatomminae by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012), Camacho et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Ectatommini Emery
1915Ectatommini Wheeler
2003Ectatommini Bolton p. 46
2012Ectatommini Bolton
2022Ectatommini Camacho et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
—Euformicia
—Doryloformicia
—Formicia
—Formicomyrmida
—Myrmicomorpha
subfamilyEctatomminaeEmery 1895
tribeEctatomminiEmery 1895
tribeEctatomminiEmery 1895

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Ectatommini Emery 1895
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G. Ectatomma Smith 1858
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†Ectatomma gracile Emery 1891
G. Gnamptogenys Roger 1863
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†Gnamptogenys casca Lattke 2002
†Gnamptogenys europaea Mayr 1868
†Gnamptogenys levinates Baroni Urbani 1980
†Gnamptogenys pristina Baroni Urbani 1980
†Gnamptogenys rohdendorfi Dlussky 2009
G. Poneracantha Emery 1897
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†Poneracantha brunoi Lattke 2002
G. Rhytidoponera Mayr 1862
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Rhytidoponera araneoides Le Guillou 1842
†Rhytidoponera gibsoni Kaulfuss and Dlussky 2016
†Rhytidoponera kirghizorum Dlussky 1981
†Rhytidoponera waipiata Kaulfuss and Dlussky 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Lithuania Gnamptogenys rohdendorfi (113470)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Ectatomma europaeum (123927) Gnamptogenys europaea (110735)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Gnamptogenys europaea (113621)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Gnamptogenys europaea (123762)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Gnamptogenys europaea (129227 129228)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Ectatomma europaeum (123930)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Ectatomma europaeum (120811) Gnamptogenys europaea (120813)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45New Zealand Rhytidoponera waipiata, Rhytidoponera gibsoni (50035)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Gnamptogenys brunoi, Gnamptogenys casca (122982) Gnamptogenys pristina, Gnamptogenys levinates (122474) Gnamptogenys sp. (222615)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82China (Fujian) Gnamptogenys sp. (220273)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333Kyrgyzstan Rhytidoponera kirghizorum (138754)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Italy Ectatomma gracile (123432)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Santander) Gnamptogenys sp. (213295)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia Rhytidoponera araneoides (182105)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Boyacá) Gnamptogenys sp. (215881)