{{Short description|Genus of ants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Boltonopone kruegeri sam-hym-c000535a profile 1.jpg |image_caption = ''Boltonopone kruegeri'' worker specimen from AntWeb |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Boltonopone |authority = Fisher et al. 2025 |type_species = ''Ponera sulcata'' |type_species_authority = Mayr, 1867 |diversity_link = #Species |diversity = 17 species |diversity_ref = <ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|514557|''Boltonopone''|2025|accessdate=30 December 2025}}</ref> |synonyms = }}
'''''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.<ref name="fisher-et-al-2025">{{cite journal |last1=Fisher |first1=Brian L. |last2=Branstetter |first2=Michael G. |last3=Blaimer |first3=Bonnie B. |last4=Borowiec |first4=Marek L. |last5=Camacho |first5=Gabriela P. |last6=Doré |first6=Maël |last7=Ward |first7=Philip S. |last8=Longino |first8=John T. |title=A genus-level classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) |journal=ZooKeys |date=19 December 2025 |issue=1264 |pages=281–349 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.1264.173399 |doi-access=free |pmid=41458144 |pmc=12743250 |bibcode=2025ZooK.1264..281F |ref=fisher-et-al-2025}}</ref>
==Species== ''Boltonopone'' contains 17 valid species as of 2025.<ref name="fisher-et-al-2025"/> {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''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> {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Ponerinae Category:Ant genera Category:Insects described in 2025 Category:Insects of Africa Category:Insects of Asia
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