Austroponera castaneicolor

This species has winged queens unlike the co-occuring sibling species Austroponera castanea that is reported to have ergatoid queens (Wilson and Taylor 1967). Little else is known about the biology of . It is not clear how Brown's notes about the biology of this other species (Brown 1958) may be a combination of observations about both of these Austroponera.

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; in Austroponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 182.