Austroponera castaneicolor

Austroponera castaneicolor
	Austroponera castaneicolor worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Austroponera
Species:	A. castaneicolor
Binomial name
	Austroponera castaneicolor; (Dalla Torre, 1893)

Austroponera castaneicolor is an ant species of the subfamily Ponerinae, endemic to the North Island, and the north and north west of the South Island, of New Zealand.^[1]

Description[edit]

The worker ants are typically 5.5 - 6.4mm (10 Workers). Their heads have a width of 1.12 - 1.30mm (10 Workers) with their sides (as seen from the photo provided) slightly and evenly convex. Their eyes are levelled with their antennae. Their mandibles are long with 10 teeth. The colour of their head, body and legs are uniformly yellowish and orange-brown.^[1]

Distribution[edit]

The species are typically found in the North and South Island of New Zealand they are more prevalent in the North Island as they are affected by the cold found in the lower South Island: Nelson province, Marlborough. The southernmost known record is a small sample of workers collected near the shore of Lake Moeraki (Westland). A few years earlier, March 29, 1964, workers were collected at Bullock Creek.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Warwick, Don (2007). Ants of New Zealand. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-1-877372-47-6.

External links[edit]

Media related to Austroponera castaneicolor at Wikimedia Commons

[:0-1] Warwick, Don (2007). Ants of New Zealand. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-1-877372-47-6.

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