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.
- Boltonopone ancilla <small>(Emery, 1899)</small>
- Boltonopone crassa <small>(Emery, 1877)</small>
- Boltonopone escherischi <small>(Forel, 1910)</small>
- Boltonopone glabripes <small>(Emery, 1893)</small>
- Boltonopone henryi <small>(Donisthorpe, 1942)</small>
- Boltonopone ilgii <small>(Forel, 1910)</small>
- Boltonopone kruegeri <small>(Forel, 1910)</small>
- Boltonopone notaula <small>(Joma & Mackay, 2017)</small>
- Boltonopone picardi <small>(Forel, 1901)</small>
- Boltonopone pilosuperficia <small>(Joma & Mackay, 2017)</small>
- Boltonopone rubiginosa <small>(Emery, 1889)</small>
- Boltonopone ryderae <small>(Joma & Mackay, 2017)</small>
- Boltonopone silvestrii <small>(Santschi, 1914)</small>
- Boltonopone soror <small>(Emery, 1899)</small>
- Boltonopone sulcata <small>(Mayr, 1867)</small>
- Boltonopone tesseronoda <small>(Emery, 1877)</small>
- Boltonopone williamsi <small>(Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925)</small>
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