Boltonia

Boltonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Heteroponerini
Genus:	Boltonia Camacho & Feitosa, 2022
Type species
Heteroponera microps, now Bazboltonia microps

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Bazboltonia.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• BOLTONIA [junior homonym, replaced by Bazboltonia]
  • Boltonia Camacho & Feitosa, in Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 14. Type-species: Heteroponera microps Borgmeier, 1957: 112, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

• [Junior homonym of †Boltonia Pruvost, 1919: (page?) (Orthoptera).]
• Boltonia in Ectatomminae, Heteroponerini: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 14.
• Bazboltonia Camacho & Fietosa, 2022: 449, replacement name for Boltonia Camacho & Feitosa in Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 14.

References

• Camacho, G.P., Feitosa, R.M. 2022. Bazboltonia nom. nov., a replacement name for the preoccupied Neotropical ant genus Boltonia Camacho & Feitosa 2022 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 5116(3): 449-450 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5116.3.9).
• Camacho, G.P., Franco, W., Branstetter, M.G., Pie, M.R., Longino, J.T., Schultz, T.R., Feitosa, R.M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among Ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(1): 5; 1–20 (doi:10.1093/isd/ixab026).