{{Short description|Genus of ants}} {{Automatic taxobox |fossil_range = Early Miocene–present, {{Fossil range|23.03|0|ref=<ref name=fossilworks/>}} |image = Austroponera rufonigra.jpg |image_caption = ''Austroponera rufonigra'' |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Austroponera |authority = Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 |type_species = ''Euponera rufonigra''<ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|461805|''Austroponera''|2026|accessdate=19 April 2026}}</ref> |type_species_authority = Clark, 1934 |diversity_link = #Species |diversity = 5 species |diversity_ref = <ref name="Schmidt&Shattuck_2014"/> }}
'''''Austroponera''''' is a ponerine genus of ants found in Australia and New Zealand, hence the prefix "''Austro''-".<ref name="Schmidt&Shattuck_2014"/>
==Species== As of 2026, ''Austroponera'' contains five valid species, including four extant and one extinct.<ref name="AntCat"/>
===Extant=== *''Austroponera castanea'' <small>(Mayr, 1865)</small> *''Austroponera castaneicolor'' <small>(Dalla Torre, 1893)</small> *''Austroponera pachynoda'' <small>(Clark, 1930)</small> *''Austroponera rufonigra'' <small>(Clark, 1934)</small>
===Extinct=== *†''Austroponera schneideri'' <small>Kaulfuss & Dlussky, 2016</small>
[[File:Austroponera schneideri OU44901 holotype worker.jpg|thumb|Holotype of ''Austroponera schneideri'' from the Foulden Maar ]]
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=fossilworks>{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=340674 |title=†''Austroponera schneideri'' Kaulfuss and Dlussky 2016 |work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=Fossilworks |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="Schmidt&Shattuck_2014">{{cite journal |last=Schmidt |first=C. A. |last2=Shattuck |first2=S. O. |name-list-style=amp |date=2014 |title=The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3817 |issue=1 |pages=1–242 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1 |pmid=24943802}}</ref>
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Category:Ponerinae Category:Ant genera Category:Ants of Australia Category:Ants of New Zealand
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