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Genus: Turneria   Forel, 1895 


Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

8 species

Turneria Forel, 1895g PDF: 419. Type-species: Turneria bidentata, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Turneria in Dolichoderidae: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 384.
Turneria in Dolichoderinae: Wheeler, 1910a: 142.
Turneria in Dolichoderinae, Tapinomini: Emery, 1913a PDF: 21; Forel, 1917 PDF: 248; Wheeler, 1922: 689; all subsequent authors.
Turneria in Dolichoderinae, Dolichoderini: Shattuck, 1992c PDF: 161; Bolton, 1994: 26; Bolton, 2003 PDF: 92.
Turneria in Dolichoderinae, Iridomyrmecini, Iridomyrmecina: Dubovikoff, 2005 PDF: 92.
Turneria in Dolichoderinae, Leptomyrmecini: Ward, Brady, et al. 2010: 362.
Genus Turneria references
Emery, 1913a PDF: 21 (diagnosis, catalogue); Mann, 1919 PDF: 362 (all species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 196 (Asia checklist); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 107 (Australia catalogue); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 80 (Australia checklist); Shattuck, 1990 PDF: 101 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Shattuck, 1992c PDF: 161 (diagnosis, review of genus); Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 169 (catalogue); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1053 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 422 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1999: 84 (Australia synopsis).

Taxon Page Images:



Turneria bidentata nest in a mangrove twig. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia.
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)   Genus is native to: Australasia bioregion.

Australasia Region: Australia, Australia and New Zealand, East New Britain, East Sepik, Guadalcanal, Madang, Malaita, Manus, Morobe, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Northern, Northern Territory, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Queensland, Solomon Islands, Temotu, Vanuatu, West New Britain, Western Highlands
Oceania Region: Melanesia


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