Ectatomminae
Ectatomminae | |
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Rhytidoponera metallica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae Emery, 1895 |
Diversity | |
12 genera 305 species 3 fossil genera 14 fossil species |
The subfamily Ectatomminae is represented in Australia by two genera, Gnamptogenys and Rhytidoponera. Gnamptogenys is uncommon and restricted to Cape York Peninsula, Queensland while Rhytidoponera is one of the most common groups of ants in Australia. Gnamptogenys nests in rotten wood while Rhytidoponera generally nest in soil, with some species in rotten wood.
Identification
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Keys including this Subfamily
- Key to Australian Ant Subfamilies
- Key to Subfamilies of North America
- Key to subfamilies of the Neotropical region
Keys to Genus in this Subfamily
- Key to Australian Genera of Ectatomminae
- Key to Neotropical Ectatomminae genera
- Key to Philippine Ectatomminae
- Key to Ectatomminae Genera
Distribution
Distribution and Species Richness based on AntMaps
Statistics
Extant Taxa
Tribes | Valid Genera | % World Genera | Invalid Genera | Valid Species/Subsp. | % World Species | Invalid Species/Subsp. |
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2 | 12 | 2.3% | 14 | 305 | 2.01% | 173 |
Fossil Taxa
Fossil Genera | % World Fossil Genera | Valid Fossil Species/Subsp. | % World Fossil Species/Subsp. |
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3 | 1.8% | 14 | 1.56% |
Fossils known from: Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene), Chon-Tyz mine, Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan (Middle Miocene), Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene), Foremost Formation amber, Alberta, Canada (Campanian, Late Cretaceous), Foulden Maar diatomite, New Zealand (Aquitanian, Early Miocene), Messel, Germany (Lutetian, Middle Eocene), Sicilian amber, Italy (Late/Upper Miocene).
List of Tribes and Genera
Tribes
Extant Genera
Fossil Genera
Biology
Flight Period
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Morphology
Karyotype Data
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Known Haploid Counts: 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 34.
Haploid Count Details: 10 (Taxon: Typhlomyrmex meire), 10 (Taxon: Poneracantha triangularis), 11 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 11 (Taxon: Heteroponera relicta), 12 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 12 (Taxon: Heteroponera dolo), 13 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys), 16 (Taxon: Holcoponera pleurodon), 16 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys), 17 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 17 (Taxon: Holcoponera moelleri), 17 (Taxon: Holcoponera striatula), 17 (Taxon: Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi), 18 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 18 (Taxon: Ectatomma tuberculatum), 18 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 18 (Taxon: Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi), 18 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys), 18 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys), 19 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera purpurea), 19 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 19 (Taxon: Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi), 20 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 20 (Taxon: Ectatomma muticum), 21 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera impressa), 21 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 21 (Taxon: Stictoponera menadensis), 21 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera victoriae), 21 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 21 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys), 21 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera chalybaea), 22 (Taxon: Stictoponera binghamii), 22 (Taxon: Ectatomma brunneum), 22 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 23 (Taxon: Ectatomma permagnum), 23 (Taxon: Ectatomma edentatum), 23 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 23 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys), 25 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera mayri), 26 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera aciculata), 34 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys annulata), 8 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys).
Known Diploid Counts: 16, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 68.
Diploid Count Details: 16 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys), 20 (Taxon: Typhlomyrmex meire), 20 (Taxon: Poneracantha triangularis), 22 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 22 (Taxon: Heteroponera relicta), 23 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera), 23 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 24 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 24 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 24 (Taxon: Heteroponera dolo), 24 (Taxon: Poneracantha triangularis), 26 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys regularis), 26 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys regularis), 26 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys), 30 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera tasmaniensis), 32 (Taxon: Holcoponera striatula), 32 (Taxon: Holcoponera pleurodon), 32 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys), 34 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 34 (Taxon: Holcoponera moelleri), 34 (Taxon: Holcoponera moelleri), 34 (Taxon: Holcoponera striatula), 34 (Taxon: Holcoponera striatula), 34 (Taxon: Holcoponera striatula), 34 (Taxon: Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi), 35 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 36 (Taxon: Ectatomma tuberculatum), 36 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 36 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 36 (Taxon: Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi), 36 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys), 36 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys), 37 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 37 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 38 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera purpurea), 38 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 38 (Taxon: Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi), 39 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera maniae), 41 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 41 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 42 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera impressa), 42 (Taxon: Stictoponera menadensis), 42 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera victoriae), 42 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 42 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 42 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys), 42 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera chalybaea), 43 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 43 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 44 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera maniae), 44 (Taxon: Ectatomma brunneum), 44 (Taxon: Holcoponera moelleri), 44 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 45 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera maniae), 46 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera maniae), 46 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera), 46 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera tasmaniensis), 46 (Taxon: Ectatomma permagnum), 46 (Taxon: Ectatomma edentatum), 46 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 46 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera metallica), 46 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys), 47 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera maniae), 48 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera maniae), 48 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera), 49 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera), 50 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera mayri), 50 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera), 50 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera punctata), 52 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera), 52 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera lamellinodis), 52 (Taxon: Rhytidoponera aciculata), 68 (Taxon: Gnamptogenys annulata).
Phylogeny
Formicoidea
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See Phylogeny of Formicidae for details.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ECTATOMMINAE [subfamily of Formicidae]
- Ectatommii Emery, 1895j: 767. Type-genus: Ectatomma Smith, F. 1858b: 102.
Taxonomic History
- Ectatommini as tribe of Ponerinae: Emery, 1895j: 767 [Ectatommii].
- Ectatomminae as poneromorph subfamily of Formicidae: Bolton, 2003: 45, 172.
- Ectatomminae as formicoid subfamily of Formicidae: Ouellette, et al. 2006: 365; Moreau, et al. 2006: 102; Brady, et al. 2006: 18173.
- Ectatomminae as formicoid ectaheteromorph subfamily of Formicidae: Ward, 2007a: 556.
Taxonomic References
Bolton, 2003: 45, 172 (diagnosis, synopsis); Ouellette, et al. 2006: 365 (phylogeny); Moreau, et al. 2006: 102 (phylogeny); Brady, et al. 2006: 18173 (phylogeny); Ward, 2007a: 556 (classification); Keller, 2011: 1 (morphology, phylogeny); Baccaro, et al. 2015: 76, 168 (Brazil genera key, text); Camacho & Feitosa, in Delabie, et al. 2015: 23 (phylogeny, taxonomy).
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Mem. Amer. Entomol. Inst. 71:1-370.
- Borowiec, M.L., Moreau, C.S., Rabeling, C. 2020. Ants: Phylogeny and Classification. In: C. Starr (ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Insects (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_155-1).
- Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778.