Austroponera castanea

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Austroponera castanea (Smith, 1876) homonym replaced by Austroponera castaneicolor (Emery, 1893)

Ponera castanea Smith, 1876c: 489 (w.q.) NEW ZEALAND. Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: 1 syntype worker, 1 syntype queen. Type-locality: New Zealand: North Island, Tairua, nr Mercury Bay (Brown). Type-depository: BMNH.

[Junior primary homonym of Austroponera castanea Mayr, 1865.]
Junior synonym of Austroponera castanea Mayr, 1865: Forel, 1892c: 334; Forel, 1905d: 353.
Replacement name: Austroponera castaneicolor Emery, 1893m

Obsolete combinations

Ponera castanea

Citations

Forel, A. 1892c. Die Ameisen Neu-Seelands. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 8:331-343. PDF
Forel, A. 1905d. A revision of the species of the Formicidae (ants) of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 37:353-355. PDF
Smith, F. 1876c. Descriptions of three new species of Hymenoptera (Formicidae) from New Zealand. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1876:489-492. PDF

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