Austroponera

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Ponerinae
Tribus: Ponerini
Genus: Austroponera
Species: A. castanea – A. castaneicolor – A. rufonigra
Name

Austroponera Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
Type species

Euponera (Brachyponera) rufonigra Clark, 1934
ZooBank: 6A5AA1C9-DE54-4981-BE5C-025DB123DEBB

References
Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. 2014 Jun 18. 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.

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

"†Austroponera schneideri Kaulfuss and Dlussky 2016". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Bolton, B. (2015). "Austroponera". AntCat. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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.