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 | |
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 |