# Boltonopone

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{{Short description|Genus of ants}}
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|image = Boltonopone kruegeri sam-hym-c000535a profile 1.jpg
|image_caption = ''Boltonopone kruegeri'' worker specimen from AntWeb
|display_parents = 3
|taxon = Boltonopone
|authority = [Fisher](/source/Brian_Fisher_(entomologist)) et al. 2025
|type_species = ''Ponera sulcata''
|type_species_authority = [Mayr](/source/Gustav_Mayr), 1867
|diversity_link = #Species
|diversity = 17 species
|diversity_ref = <ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|514557|''Boltonopone''|2025|accessdate=30 December 2025}}</ref>
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}}

'''''Boltonopone''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [ponerine](/source/ponerine) ants containing 16 species found in the [Old World](/source/Old_World) tropics, from [sub-Saharan Africa](/source/sub-Saharan_Africa) to [Southeast Asia](/source/Southeast_Asia). Described in 2025, its species were previously placed in the genus ''[Bothroponera](/source/Bothroponera)'' by Schmidt & Shattuck in 2014. It is named after myrmecologist [Barry Bolton](/source/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"/>
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*''[Boltonopone ancilla](/source/Boltonopone_ancilla)'' <small>(Emery, 1899)</small>
*''[Boltonopone crassa](/source/Boltonopone_crassa)'' <small>(Emery, 1877)</small>
*''[Boltonopone escherischi](/source/Boltonopone_escherischi)'' <small>(Forel, 1910)</small>
*''[Boltonopone glabripes](/source/Boltonopone_glabripes)'' <small>(Emery, 1893)</small>
*''[Boltonopone henryi](/source/Boltonopone_henryi)'' <small>(Donisthorpe, 1942)</small>
*''[Boltonopone ilgii](/source/Boltonopone_ilgii)'' <small>(Forel, 1910)</small>
*''[Boltonopone kruegeri](/source/Boltonopone_kruegeri)'' <small>(Forel, 1910)</small>
*''[Boltonopone notaula](/source/Boltonopone_notaula)'' <small>(Joma & Mackay, 2017)</small>
*''[Boltonopone picardi](/source/Boltonopone_picardi)'' <small>(Forel, 1901)</small>
*''[Boltonopone pilosuperficia](/source/Boltonopone_pilosuperficia)'' <small>(Joma & Mackay, 2017)</small>
*''[Boltonopone rubiginosa](/source/Boltonopone_rubiginosa)'' <small>(Emery, 1889)</small>
*''[Boltonopone ryderae](/source/Boltonopone_ryderae)'' <small>(Joma & Mackay, 2017)</small>
*''[Boltonopone silvestrii](/source/Boltonopone_silvestrii)'' <small>(Santschi, 1914)</small>
*''[Boltonopone soror](/source/Boltonopone_soror)'' <small>(Emery, 1899)</small>
*''[Boltonopone sulcata](/source/Boltonopone_sulcata)'' <small>(Mayr, 1867)</small>
*''[Boltonopone tesseronoda](/source/Boltonopone_tesseronoda)'' <small>(Emery, 1877)</small>
*''[Boltonopone williamsi](/source/Boltonopone_williamsi)'' <small>(Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925)</small>
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==References==
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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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