Austroponera castaneicolor

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: New Zealand.

Nomenclature

 * castanea. Ponera castanea Smith, 1876c: 489 (w.q.) NEW ZEALAND. [Junior primary homonym of castanea Mayr, above.] Replacement name: castaneicolor: Dalla Torre, 1893: 38.
 *  castaneicolor. Ponera castaneicolor Dalla Torre, 1893: 38. Replacement name for castanea Smith, F. 1876c: 489. [Junior primary homonym of castanea Mayr, 1865: 69.] Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera): Emery, 1911d: 81; in Mesoponera: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 103; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 303.

Additional References

 * 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, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1)