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