Austroponera facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

Quick facts for kids Austroponera Temporal range: Early Miocene–present, 23.03–0Ma PreЄ Є 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 Clark, 1934
Diversity
3 extant species

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 rufonigra (Clark, 1934)

Fossil:

Austroponera schneideri Kaulfuss and Dlussky, 2016

Holotype of Austroponera schneideri from the Foulden Maar

All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:

Austroponera Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.