Boltonopone
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| Boltonopone | |
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| Boltonopone kruegeri worker specimen from AntWeb | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Alliance: | Odontomachus genus group |
| Genus: | Boltonopone Fisher et al. 2025 |
| Type species | |
| Ponera sulcata Mayr, 1867 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 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.[2]
