Austroponera schneideri

†Austroponera schneideri Temporal range: Aquitanian, Early Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl ↓ Foulden Maar diatomite, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Austroponera
Species:	†A. schneideri
Binomial name
†Austroponera schneideri Kaulfuss & Dlussky, 2015

This taxon was described from New Zealand (early Miocene).

Distribution

This taxon was described from Foulden Maar diatomite, New Zealand (Aquitanian, Early Miocene).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• †schneideri. Austroponera schneideri Kaulfuss & Dlussky, 2016: 1048, figs. 6.1, 6.2 (w.) NEW ZEALAND (Miocene).

References

• Kaulfuss, U. & Dlussky, G.M. 2015. Early Miocene Formicidae (Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, ?Dolichoderinae, Formicinae, and Ponerinae) from the Foulden Maar Fossil Lagerstätte, New Zealand, and their biogeographic relevance. Journal of Paleontology, 89, 1043–1055 (doi: 10.1017/jpa.2015.62).