Yumbera

Yumbera is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania. The generic name is an Australian aboriginal word meaning "fly".[1]

Yumbera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Sympycninae
Genus: Yumbera
Bickel, 1992[1]
Type species
Sympycnus callidus
Parent, 1932

Species
  • Yumbera athertonia Bickel, 1992[1]
  • Yumbera callida (Parent, 1932)[1]
  • Yumbera conica Bickel, 1992[1]
  • Yumbera nudicornis Bickel, 1992[1]
  • Yumbera signata Bickel, 1992[1]
  • Yumbera trisignata Bickel, 2012[2]

References
  1. Bickel, D. J. (1992). "The Australian Sympycninae (Diptera : Dolichopodidae): Introduction and description of a new genus, Yumbera". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 6 (4): 1005–1017. doi:10.1071/IT9921005.
  2. Bickel, D. J. (2012). "Parallel evolution in Patagonian Pinacocerus and Australian Yumbera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sympycninae), with the description of new species". The Canadian Entomologist. 144 (1): 52–61. doi:10.4039/tce.2012.7.


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