''Turneria pacifica'' is a species of ant in the genus ''

Turneria ''Turneria'' is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Argentine ant (''Linepithema humile''), the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the ...

''. Described by

William M. Mann William Montana Mann (1886–1960) was an American entomologist and the fifth director of the National Zoological Park (United States), National Zoo in Washington, D.C. from 1925 until 1956. In 1921, he traveled on the Mulford Expedition to the ...

in 1919, the species is endemic to the

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and

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.Shattuck, S. O. (1990)
"Revision of the dolichoderine ant genus ''Turneria'' (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)"
''Systematic Entomology''. 15: 101-117.

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* Dolichoderinae Insects described in 1919 {{Dolichoderinae-stub