Austroponera
| Austroponera Temporal range: Early Miocene–present,
| |
|---|---|
| Austroponera rufonigra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Alliance: | Ponera genus group |
| Genus: | Austroponera Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 |
| Type species | |
| Euponera rufonigra[2] Clark, 1934
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| Diversity[3] | |
| 5 species | |
Austroponera is a ponerine genus of ants found in Australia and New Zealand, hence the prefix "Austro-".[3]
Species
As of 2026, Austroponera contains five valid species, including four extant and one extinct.[2]
Extant
- Austroponera castanea (Mayr, 1865)
- Austroponera castaneicolor (Dalla Torre, 1893)
- Austroponera pachynoda (Clark, 1930)
- Austroponera rufonigra (Clark, 1934)
Extinct
- †Austroponera schneideri Kaulfuss & Dlussky, 2016
References
- ^ "†Austroponera schneideri Kaulfuss and Dlussky 2016". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ a b Bolton, B. (2026). "Austroponera". AntCat. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
- ^ a b 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.