Turneria is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae.[2] Known from Australia, they form small colonies of fewer than 500 workers, and nest in trees and twigs.[3]
| Turneria | |
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| Turneria bidentata worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Turneria Forel, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Turneria bidentata | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 8 species | |
Species
edit- Turneria arbusta Shattuck, 1990
- Turneria bidentata Forel, 1895
- Turneria collina Shattuck, 1990
- Turneria dahlii Forel, 1901
- Turneria frenchi Forel, 1911
- Turneria pacifica Mann, 1919
- Turneria postomma Shattuck, 1990
- Turneria rosschinga Shattuck, 2011
References
edit- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Turneria". AntCat. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Turneria". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Shattuck, S. (2000). Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-0-643-06659-5.
External links
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