{{Short description|Genus of ants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Pachycondyla cambouei blf00976(40)-2 profile 1.jpg |image_caption = ''Bothroponera cambouei'' worker |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Bothroponera |authority = Mayr, 1862<ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|430104|''Bothroponera''|2015|accessdate=8 January 2015}}</ref> |type_species = ''Ponera pumicosa'' |type_species_authority = Roger, 1860 |diversity_link = #Species |diversity = 26 species |diversity_ref = <ref name="Schmidt&Shattuck_2014"/> }}
'''''Bothroponera''''' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae containing 26 species. It is distributed in Africa and Asia.<ref name="Schmidt&Shattuck_2014"/>
==Species== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Bothroponera aspera'' <small>Arnold, 1962</small> *''Bothroponera berthoudi'' <small>(Forel, 1901)</small> *''Bothroponera cambouei'' <small>Forel, 1891</small> *''Bothroponera cariosa'' <small>Emery, 1895</small> *''Bothroponera cavernosa'' <small>(Roger, 1860)</small> *''Bothroponera comorensis'' <small>(André, 1887)</small> *''Bothroponera cribrata'' <small>(Santschi, 1910)</small> *''Bothroponera fugax'' <small>(Forel, 1907)</small> *''Bothroponera granosa'' <small>(Roger, 1860)</small> *''Bothroponera laevissima'' <small>(Arnold, 1915)</small> *''Bothroponera masoala'' <small>(Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013)</small> *''Bothroponera montivaga'' <small>Arnold, 1947</small> *''Bothroponera pachyderma'' <small>(Emery, 1901)</small> *''Bothroponera perroti'' <small>Forel, 1891</small> *''Bothroponera planicornis'' <small>(Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013)</small> *''Bothroponera pumicosa'' <small>(Roger, 1860)</small> *''Bothroponera rubescens'' <small>Santschi, 1937</small> *''Bothroponera sanguinea'' <small>(Santschi, 1920)</small> *''Bothroponera sculpturata'' <small>(Santschi, 1912)</small> *''Bothroponera strigulosa'' <small>Emery, 1895</small> *''Bothroponera talpa'' <small>André, 1890</small> *''Bothroponera tavaratra'' <small>(Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013)</small> *''Bothroponera umgodikulula'' <small>Joma & Mackay, 2013</small> *''Bothroponera vazimba'' <small>(Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013)</small> *''Bothroponera wasmannii'' <small>Forel, 1887</small> *''Bothroponera zumpti'' <small>Santschi, 1937</small> {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Schmidt&Shattuck_2014">{{cite journal |last=Schmidt |first=C. A. |last2=Shattuck |first2=S. O. |date=2014 |title=The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3817 |issue=1 |pages=1–242 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1 |pmid=24943802}}</ref>
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Category:Ponerinae Category:Ant genera Category:Hymenoptera of Africa Category:Hymenoptera of Asia Category:Taxa named by Gustav Mayr
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