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Boltonopone
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.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Boltonopone sulcata
speciesBoltonopone sulcata
Boltonopone kruegeri
speciesBoltonopone kruegeri
Boltonopone rubiginosa
speciesBoltonopone rubiginosa
Boltonopone crassa
speciesBoltonopone crassa
Boltonopone soror
speciesBoltonopone soror
Boltonopone glabripes
speciesBoltonopone glabripes
Boltonopone ilgii
speciesBoltonopone ilgii
Boltonopone notaula
speciesBoltonopone notaula
Boltonopone picardi
speciesBoltonopone picardi
Boltonopone pilosuperficia
speciesBoltonopone pilosuperficia
Boltonopone silvestrii
speciesBoltonopone silvestrii
Boltonopone tesseronoda
speciesBoltonopone tesseronoda
Boltonopone ryderae
speciesBoltonopone ryderae
Boltonopone ancilla
speciesBoltonopone ancilla
Boltonopone escherichi
speciesBoltonopone escherichi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1659267.