Boltonia

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This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Bazboltonia.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

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