Austroponera

Austroponera is a ponerine genus of ants found in Australia and New Zealand, hence the prefix "Austro-". [3]

Austroponera Temporal range: Early Miocene–present, 23.03–0 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Austroponera rufonigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Austroponera Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
Type species
Euponera rufonigra[2] Clark, 1934
Diversity[3]
3 extant species

Species

Extant:[3]

• Austroponera castanea (Mayr, 1865)
• Austroponera castaneicolor (Dalla Torre, 1893)
• Austroponera rufonigra (Clark, 1934)

Fossil:[1]

• Austroponera schneideri Kaulfuss and Dlussky, 2016

Holotype of Austroponera schneideri from the Foulden Maar

References

1. "†Austroponera schneideri Kaulfuss and Dlussky 2016". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
2. Bolton, B. (2015). "Austroponera". AntCat. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
3. Schmidt, C. A. & Shattuck, S. O. (2014). "The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior". Zootaxa. 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.