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''Austroponera'' is a
ponerine
Ponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 47 extant genera, including '' Dinoponera gigantea'' - one of the world's largest species of ant. Mated workers have replaced the queen as th ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,0 ...
s found in Australia and New Zealand, hence the prefix "''Austro''-".
Species
Extant: *''Austroponera castanea
''Austroponera castanea'' is an ant species in the subfamily Ponerinae. It is endemic to New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North ...
'' (Mayr, 1865)
*''Austroponera castaneicolor
''Austroponera castaneicolor'' is an ant species of the subfamily Ponerinae, endemic to the North Island, and the north and north west of the South Island, of New Zealand.
Description
The worker ants are typically 5.5 - 6.4mm (10 Workers). T ...
'' (Dalla Torre, 1893)
*''Austroponera rufonigra
''Austroponera'' is a ponerine genus of ants found in Australia and New Zealand, hence the prefix "''Austro''-".
Species
Extant:
*'' Austroponera castanea'' (Mayr, 1865)
*'' Austroponera castaneicolor'' (Dalla Torre, 1893)
*'' Austroponera rufo ...
'' (Clark, 1934)
Fossil:
*''Austroponera schneideri
''Austroponera'' is a ponerine genus of ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous peri ...
'' Kaulfuss and Dlussky, 2016
References
Ponerinae Ant genera Hymenoptera of Australia Ants of New Zealand {{Ponerinae-stub