Checklist of Bothroponera species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Bothroponera. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Bothroponera species and for distribution information see Bothroponera species by Country.

A
ancilla (Emery, 1899) (Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, United Republic of Tanzania)

aspera Arnold, 1962 (South Africa)

B
berthoudi Forel, 1901 (South Africa)

• Bothroponera variolosa Arnold, 1947

C
cambouei Forel, 1891 (Madagascar)

• Pachycondyla kipyatkovi Dubovikov, 2013

cariosa Emery, 1895 (Mozambique, United Republic of Tanzania)

cavernosa (Roger, 1860) (South Africa)

comorensis (André, 1887) (Madagascar)

crassa (Emery, 1877) (Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia)

cribrata Santschi, 1910 (Congo)

E
escherichi (Forel, 1910) (Eritrea, Ethiopia)

F
fugax Forel, 1907 (United Republic of Tanzania)

G
glabripes (Emery, 1893) (Philippines)

granosa (Roger, 1860) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

H
henryi Donisthorpe, 1942 (India)

I
ilgii Forel, 1910 (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Zimbabwe)

• Bothroponera crassa crassior Santschi, 1930

• Pachycondyla crassa gamzea Özdikmen, 2010

K
kruegeri (Forel, 1910) (Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

• Pachycondyla asina Santschi, 1912

• Pachycondyla kruegeri rhodesiana (Forel, 1913)

L
laevissima (Arnold, 1915) (South Africa)

M
masoala (Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013) (Madagascar)

montivaga Arnold, 1947 (South Africa)

N
notaula Joma & Mackay, 2017 (Kenya, Somalia, United Republic of Tanzania)

P
pachyderma Emery, 1901 (Angola, Cameroun, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda)

• Bothroponera pachyderma funerea Wheeler, W.M., 1922

• Pachycondyla pachyderma attenata Santschi, 1920

• Pachycondyla pachyderma postsquamosa Santschi, 1920

perroti Forel, 1891 (Madagascar)

• Bothroponera perroti admista Forel, 1892

picardi (Forel, 1901) (Angola)

pilosuperficia Joma & Mackay, 2017 (Cameroun, Gabon)

planicornis (Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013) (Madagascar)

pumicosa (Roger, 1860) (South Africa)

R
rubescens Santschi, 1937 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

rubiginosa (Emery, 1889) (China, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka)

ryderae Joma & Mackay, 2017 (Guinea, Nigeria)

S
sanguinea (Santschi, 1920) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

sculpturata (Santschi, 1912) (Malawi, Zimbabwe)

• Bothroponera mlanjiensis Arnold, 1946

silvestrii Santschi, 1914 (Cameroun, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, United Republic of Tanzania)

• Bothroponera kenyensis Santschi, 1937

• Bothroponera silvestrii nimba Bernard, 1953

soror (Emery, 1899) (Angola, Burundi, Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

• Bothroponera lamottei Bernard, 1953

• Bothroponera soror suturalis Forel, 1907

strigulosa Emery, 1895 (South Africa)

sulcata (Mayr, 1867) (India, Sri Lanka)

sulcata fossulata (Forel, 1900) (India)

sulcata sulcatotesserinoda (Forel, 1900) (India)

T
talpa André, 1890 (Guinea, Kenya, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda)

• Psalidomyrmex clavicornis Bernard, 1953

talpa variolata (Santschi, 1912) (Congo)

tavaratra Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013 (Madagascar)

tesseronoda (Emery, 1877) (India, Sri Lanka)

U
umgodikulula Joma & Mackay, 2013 (South Africa)

V
vazimba Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013 (Madagascar)

W
wasmannii (Forel, 1887) (Comoros, Madagascar)

williamsi Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925 (Philippines)

Z
zumpti (Santschi, 1937) (Cameroun)