Tribe Ectatommini Emery

= Stictoponerini Arnol’di

= Typhlomyrmecini Emery new synonym

Diagnosis (Females): Ectatommine ants of small to large size (head width 0.44-2.84mm, head length 0.56-3.8mm). Antennal scrobe usually absent. Eye absent to well-developed (Bolton 2003). Acetabulum of antennal socket apparatus spherical (Keller 2011); accessory chamber of antennal socket present (Keller 2011). Labial palp with two palpomeres (Keller 2011). Promesonotal suture fused and immobile to complete and flexible (Bolton 2003). Ventral flap on metapleural gland opening present (Keller 2011). Metacoxal cavity open (Bolton 2003). Petiolar sternite fused with tergite over its entire length (except in Rhytidoponera) (Bolton 2003, Keller 2011); laterotergites of petiole indistinct to absent.

Genera: Alfaria status revived, Ectatomma, Gnamptogenys, Holcoponera status revived, Poneracantha status revived, Rhytidoponera, Stictoponera status revived, and Typhlomyrmex .