Species: Austroponera castanea

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Homonyms:

(Smith, 1876)

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Ponera castanea Mayr, 1865 PDF: 69 (w.) NEW ZEALAND. Australasia. Primary type information: Type-material: holotype(?) worker. Type-locality: New Zealand: Auckland (no collector’s name). Type-depository: NHMW. Type notes: No indication of number of specimens is given. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Wilson & Taylor, 1967b PDF: 102 (e.q.)

Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera): Emery, 1901b PDF: 46.

Combination in Mesoponera: Brown, 1958h PDF: 20.

Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 303.

Combination in Austroponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1 PDF: 182.

Status as species: Hutton, 1881: 111; Forel, 1892c PDF: 334; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 38; Forel, 1905d PDF: 353; Emery, 1911e PDF: 81; Mann, 1925b PDF: 5; Wheeler, 1935g: 11; Brown, 1958h PDF: 20; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b PDF: 102; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 39; Bolton, 1995b: 303; Don, 2007: 67.

Senior synonym of Austroponera castanea striata: Brown, 1958h PDF: 20; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 39

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Oceania: New Zealand
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Australasia

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 4 times found in mixed broadleaf forest incl. Beilschmidia tawa, 3 times found in mixed forest, 3 times found in broadleaf-podocarp forest, 2 times found in hardwood forest, 2 times found in mixed broadleaf forest, 1 times found in Nothofagus/Kauri forest, 1 times found in rainforest, 1 times found in 2nd bush, 1 times found in broadleaf forest, 1 times found in closed forest.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 6 times litter, 2 times log end withslime flux, 2 times old stumps and logs with fresh and rotten Ganoderma polypores, 1 times old logs withbrown-hymenium polypores, 2 times old logs with brown hymenium polypores, 1 times under stone, 1 times log end withslime flux and small white ganoderma, 1 times fungusy logs, 1 times fungusy log.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 10 times pyrethrin fogging, 6 times Winkler.

Elevations: collected from 115 - 500 meters, 354 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1914-08-16 00:00:00.0 and 2011-02-02 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: paratype of Euponera castanea striata: focol0965, focol0966, focol0967; syntype of Ponera castanea: casent0915656

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Species: Austroponera castanea (Mayr, 1865)

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