Austroponera valid
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):1-242.   142616

Austroponera castanea valid New Zealand. Australasia.
Mayr, G. 1865. Formicidae. In: Novara Expedition 1865. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. II. Abt. 1. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn, 119 pp.   127193

Austroponera castanea homonym replaced by Austroponera castaneicolor New Zealand. Australasia.
Smith, F. 1876c. Descriptions of three new species of Hymenoptera (Formicidae) from New Zealand. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1876:489-492.   128716

Austroponera castanea striata synonym of Austroponera castanea New Zealand. Australasia.
Stitz, H. 1911a. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911:351-381.   129035

Austroponera castaneicolor valid
Emery, C. 1893m. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in various genera attributed to Emery.]. Pp. 4-266 in: Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.   143782

Austroponera clarki synonym of Austroponera rufonigra Australia (Western Australia). Australasia.
Wheeler, W. M. 1934d. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. No. IX. The ants. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 20:137-163.   130253

Austroponera rufonigra valid Australia (Western Australia). Australasia.
Clark, J. 1934b. New Australian ants. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 8:21-47.   123648

Austroponera schneideri valid New Zealand (Foulden Maar diatomite, Miocene).
Kaulfuss, U.; Dlussky, G. M. 2016 ("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 (6):1043-1055.   142925