| Austroponera Temporal range: Early Miocene–present, | |
|---|---|
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| Austroponera rufonigra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
Austroponera is a ponerine genus of ants found in Australia and New Zealand, hence the prefix "Austro-".[3]
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 2 "†Austroponera schneideri Kaulfuss and Dlussky 2016". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2015). "Austroponera". AntCat. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- 1 2 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.
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