Bothroponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. It is distributed in Africa and Asia.[2]

Bothroponera
Bothroponera cambouei worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Bothroponera
Mayr, 1862[1]
Type species
Ponera pumicosa
Roger, 1860
Diversity[2]
37 species

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Bothroponera". AntCat. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. (2014). "The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior". Zootaxa. 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.