Yumbera is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.[2] The generic name is an Australian aboriginal word meaning "fly".[1]

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

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g 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. ^ Evenhius, N. L. (17 April 2016). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Evenhius, N. L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  3. ^ 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.