Austroponera castanea

Distribution
This taxon was described from New Zealand.

Nomenclature

 *  castanea. Ponera castanea Mayr, 1865: 69 (w.) NEW ZEALAND. Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera): Emery, 1901a: 46; in Mesoponera: Brown, 1958h: 20; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 303. Senior synonym of striata Stitz: Brown, 1958h: 20.
 * striata. Euponera (Mesoponera) castanea var. striata Stitz, 1911a: 356 (w.) NEW ZEALAND. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of striata Smith, above.] Junior synonym of castanea: Brown, 1958h: 20.