Extant: 2 tribes, 4 genera, 270 species, 4 subspecies
Fossil: 3 genera, 12 species
Taxonomic history
| Ectatomminae as poneromorph subfamily of Formicidae: Bolton, 2003 PDF: 45, 172. |
| Ectatomminae as formicoid subfamily of Formicidae: Ouelette, Fisher, et al. 2006: 365; Moreau, Bell, et al. 2006: 102; Brady, Schultz, et al. 2006: 18173. |
| Ectatomminae as formicoid ectaheteromorph subfamily of Formicidae: Ward, 2007C PDF: 556. |
Gnamptogenys