Boltonimecia is an extinct genus of ant in the formicid subfamily Zigrasimeciinae. The genus contains a single described species, Boltonimecia canadensis...

of an iron maiden torture device, that were likely used to trap prey. Boltonimecia canadensis was described from Campanian Canadian amber out of Alberta...

Orapia, Pseudarmania and Sphecomyrma; while Zigrasimeciini contains Boltonimecia and Zigrasimecia. A number of taxa have been removed from the subfamily...

†Armania Dlussky 1983 4 †Armania robusta N/A †Boltonimecia Borysenko 2017 1 †Boltonimecia canadensis †Boltonimecia canadensis †Cretomyrma Dlussky 1975 2 †Cretomyrma...

variety of insects preserved in amber such as the ants Haidoterminus and Boltonimecia have been recovered from the Foremost Formation at a site near Grassy...

Boltonimecia canadensis...

to the distinct family Zigrasimeciinae in 2020, alongside the genera Boltonimecia and Protozigrasimecia also known from Cretaceous amber, due to their...