Biology:Boltonopone
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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.[1]
Species
Boltonopone contains 17 valid species as of 2025.[1]
- Boltonopone ancilla (Emery, 1899)
- Boltonopone crassa (Emery, 1877)
- Boltonopone escherischi (Forel, 1910)
- Boltonopone glabripes (Emery, 1893)
- Boltonopone henryi (Donisthorpe, 1942)
- Boltonopone ilgii (Forel, 1910)
- Boltonopone kruegeri (Forel, 1910)
- Boltonopone notaula (Joma & Mackay, 2017)
- Boltonopone picardi (Forel, 1901)
- Boltonopone pilosuperficia (Joma & Mackay, 2017)
- Boltonopone rubiginosa (Emery, 1889)
- Boltonopone ryderae (Joma & Mackay, 2017)
- Boltonopone silvestrii (Santschi, 1914)
- Boltonopone soror (Emery, 1899)
- Boltonopone sulcata (Mayr, 1867)
- Boltonopone tesseronoda (Emery, 1877)
- Boltonopone williamsi (Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1264.173399. PMID 41458144. Bibcode: 2025ZooK.1264..281F.
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