Ecitonii

The five genera of Ecitoninae are only found in the New World

Subfamily ECITONINAE Ecitonii Forel, 1893a: 163. Type-genus: Eciton. Taxonomic history Ecitoninae as subfamily of Dorylidae: Ashmead, 1905b: 381; Ashmead, 1906: 23. Ecitoninae as subfamily of Formicidae: Brown, 1973b: 166; Snelling, R.R.  1981: 392; Bolton, 1990c: 1357; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11; all subsequent authors. Ecitoninae as dorylomorph subfamily of Formicidae: Bolton, 2003: 34, 142; Brady & Ward, 2005: 593. Ecitoninae as formicoid subfamily of Formicidae: Moreau, Bell, et al. 2006: 102. Ecitoninae as formicoid dorylomorph subfamily of Formicidae: Brady, Schultz, et al. 2006: 18173; Ward, 2007a: 555. Tribes of Ecitoninae: Cheliomyrmecini, Ecitonini.