Austronia

{{Short description|Genus of wasps}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Austronia nitida.jpg

| image_caption = Austronia nitida

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| taxon = Austronia

| authority = Riek, 1955

| type_species = Austronia nitida

| type_species_authority = Riek, 1955

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Austronia is a genus of wasps endemic to Australia. It is the only genus in the family Austroniidae.{{cite journal|last=Riek|first=E.F.|year=1955|title=Australian Heloridae, including Monomachidae(Hymenoptera)|journal=Australian Journal of Zoology|volume=3|issue=2 |pages=258–265|doi=10.1071/ZO9550258 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/23668 }} Three species are currently recognized.{{Cite book |last1=Goulet |first1=Henri |title=Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families |last2=Huber |first2=John T. |date=1993 |publisher=Agriculture Canada |isbn=978-0-660-14933-2 |location=Ottawa}} Members of this genus are 4-6 millimeters long and are found in the wet forests of southern Australia and Tasmania.{{Cite web |last1=Stringer |first1=Danielle N. |last2=Jennings |first2=John T. |last3=Austin |first3=Andrew D. |last4=Stevens |first4=N.B. |last5=Iqbal |first5=M. |last6=Austin |first6=A.D. |date=2 July 2012 |title=Family Austroniidae |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261992216 |access-date=28 November 2023 |website=researchgate.net |place=Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, and the School of Earth and Environmental Science, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia}}