Austroponera
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| Austroponera Temporal range: Early Miocene–present, | |
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| Austroponera rufonigra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Alliance: | Ponera genus group |
| Genus: | Austroponera Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 |
| Type species | |
| Euponera rufonigra[2] Clark, 1934 | |
| Diversity[3] | |
| 5 species | |
Austroponera is a ponerine genus of ants found in Australia and New Zealand, hence the prefix "Austro-".[3]
