Turneria
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| Turneria | |
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| Turneria bidentata worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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]
