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.)