Boltonopone

Boltonopone
Boltonopone kruegeri worker specimen from AntWeb
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Alliance: Grup genus Odontomachus
Genus: Boltonopone
Fisher et al. 2025
Type species
Ponera sulcata
Mayr, 1867
Diversity
17 species

Boltonopone is a genus of ponerine ants containing 16 species found in the Old World tropics, from sub-Saharan Africa to Southeast Asia. Described in 2025, its species were previously placed in the genus Bothroponera by Schmidt & Shattuck in 2014. It is named after myrmecologist Barry Bolton.

Species

Boltonopone contains 17 valid species as of 2025.

References

  1. ↑ Bolton, B. (2025). "Boltonopone". AntCat. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  2. 1 2 Fisher, Brian L.; Branstetter, Michael G.; Blaimer, Bonnie B.; Borowiec, Marek L.; Camacho, Gabriela P.; Doré, Maël; Ward, Philip S.; Longino, John T. (19 December 2025). "A genus-level classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". ZooKeys (1264): 281–349. Bibcode:2025ZooK.1264..281F. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1264.173399. PMC 12743250. PMID 41458144.