Boloponera

Boloponera is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.^[1] The genus contains the single species Boloponera vicans, known from a single worker specimen collected in leaf litter in the Central African Republic.^[2] It is sometimes referred to as Bry's ant after its discoverer, Brian Fisher.^[3]

Boloponera
B. vicans, holotype specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Boloponera Fisher, 2006
Species:	B. vicans
Binomial name
Boloponera vicans Fisher, 2006

Description

The worker specimen is small (3.3 mm) and orange in color. It has linear mandibles, with two small teeth. Nothing is known about its biology, but the linear mandibles suggest that the ants are specialized predators.^[4]