Bothroponera

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), pp. 1-242 : 76-77

Species of Bothroponera

For keys to African Bothroponera species see Wheeler (1922b) or Arnold (1952; South African species only) and for Malagasy species see Rakotonirina & Fisher (2013).

Bothroponera ( sensu stricto: B. pumicosa group)

B. cambouei Forel, 1891 : Madagascar

B. cariosa Emery, 1895 : Mozambique

B. cavernosa ( Roger, 1860) : South Africa

B. cavernosa montivaga Arnold, 1947 : South Africa

B. comorensis (André, 1887) : Madagascar

B. cribrata (Santschi, 1910) : Congo ( comb. rev.)

B. fugax (Forel, 1907) : Tanzania ( comb. rev.)

B. granosa ( Roger, 1860) : South Africa

B. laevissima ( Arnold, 1915) : South Africa

B. laevissima aspera Arnold, 1962 : South Africa

B. masoala (Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013) : Madagascar ( comb. nov.)

B. mlanjiensis Arnold, 1946 : Malawi ( comb. rev.)

B. pachyderma ( Emery, 1901) : Cameroon ( comb. rev.)

B. pachyderma attenata (Santschi, 1920) : DRC ( comb. nov.)

B. pachyderma funerea Wheeler, W.M. 1922 : DRC ( comb. rev.)

B. pachyderma postsquamosa (Santschi, 1920) : Congo ( comb. nov.)

B. perroti Forel, 1891 : Madagascar

B. planicornis (Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013) : Madagascar ( comb. nov.)

B. pumicosa ( Roger, 1860) : South Africa

B. pumicosa sculpturata (Santschi, 1912b) : Zimbabwe ( comb. nov.)

B. rubescens Santschi, 1937 : DRC ( comb. rev.)

B. sanguinea (Santschi, 1920) : DRC ( comb. rev.)

B. strigulosa Emery, 1895 : South Africa

B. talpa André, 1890 : Sierra Leone ( comb. rev.)

B. talpa variolata (Santschi, 1912) : Congo ( comb. nov.)

B. tavaratra (Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013) : Madagascar ( comb. nov.)

B. umgodikulula Joma and Mackay, 2013 : South Africa

B. variolosa Arnold, 1947 : South Africa

B. wasmannii Forel, 1887 : Madagascar

B. vazimba (Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013) : Madagascar ( comb. nov.)

Bothroponera ( incertae sedis: B. sulcata group)

B. crassa ( Emery, 1877) : Ethiopia ( comb. rev.)

B. crassa crassior Santschi, 1930 : Kenya ( comb. rev.)

B. crassa ilgii (Forel, 1910) : Ethiopia ( comb. nov.)

B. glabripes Emery, 1893 : Philippines

B. henryi ( Donisthorpe, 1942) : India

B. kenyensis Santschi, 1937 : Kenya ( comb. rev.)

B. kruegeri (Forel, 1910) : South Africa

B. kruegeri asina (Santschi, 1912) : Kenya ( comb. rev.)

B. kruegeri rhodesiana (Forel, 1913) : Zimbabwe ( comb. rev.)

B. lamottei Bernard, 1953 : Guinea ( comb. rev.)

B. picardi (Forel, 1901) : Angola ( comb. rev.)

B. rubiginosa ( Emery, 1889) : Myanmar

B. silvestrii ( Santschi, 1914) : Ghana ( comb. rev.)

B. silvestrii nimba Bernard, 1953 : Guinea ( comb. rev.)

B. soror (Emery, 1899) : Cameroon ( comb. rev.)

B. soror ancilla (Emery, 1899) : Congo ( comb. rev.)

B. soror suturalis (Forel, 1907) : Ethiopia ( comb. nov.)

B. sulcata ( Mayr, 1867) : “Vaterland unbekannt”

B. sulcata fossulata (Forel, 1900) : India

B. sulcata sulcatotesserinoda (Forel, 1900) : India

B. tesseronoda ( Emery, 1877) : India

B. williamsi Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925 : Philippines

B. zumpti Santschi, 1937 : Cameroon ( comb. nov.)