Austroponera
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
[edit]Extant:[3]
- Austroponera castanea (Mayr, 1865)
- Austroponera castaneicolor (Dalla Torre, 1893)
- Austroponera rufonigra (Clark, 1934)
Fossil:[1]
- Austroponera schneideri Kaulfuss and Dlussky, 2016
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "†Austroponera schneideri Kaulfuss and Dlussky 2016". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Austroponera". AntCat. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ a b c 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.