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Ectatomminae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

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

It was assigned to Formicidae by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012), Dlussky and Wedmann (2012), Kaulfuss and Dlussky (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Ectatomminae Emery
2003Ectatomminae Bolton p. 45
2012Ectatomminae Bolton
2012Ectatomminae Dlussky and Wedmann p. 728
2016Ectatomminae Kaulfuss and Dlussky p. 1046

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyEctatomminaeEmery 1895
subfamilyEctatomminaeEmery 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.

Subfm. Ectatomminae Emery 1895
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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
G. †Electroponera Wheeler 1915
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†Electroponera dubia Wheeler 1915
G. †Pseudectatomma Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
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†Pseudectatomma eocenica Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
†Pseudectatomma striatula Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
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 MP 11 to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Pseudectatomma striatula, Ponerinae indet. 1 (120798)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Lithuania Gnamptogenys rohdendorfi (113470)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Gnamptogenys europaea (113621)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Ectatomma europaeum (120811) Gnamptogenys europaea (120813)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Gnamptogenys europaea (123762)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Ectatomma europaeum, Electroponera dubia (123927) Gnamptogenys europaea (110735)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Ectatomma europaeum (123930)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Gnamptogenys europaea (129227 129228)
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 - 0.0Colombia (Boyacá) Gnamptogenys sp. (215881)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia Rhytidoponera araneoides (182105)