Protonym: Boltonopone
| Authorship | Fisher et al., 2025: 325 |
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| Type name | Type-species: Ponera sulcata (obsolete combination of Boltonopone sulcata), by original designation. |
| Etymology | The genus name is dedicated to Barry Bolton, whose extensive contributions to ant taxonomy, including his foundational global catalogues and revisions of the Ponerinae, have profoundly shaped modern myrmecology. The suffix -pone is derived from Ponera, the type genus of the subfamily, and is commonly used in Ponerinae generic names. The gender is feminine. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Boltonopone | Genus | Valid | Original combination |