Yumbera Explained

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

Species

• Yumbera athertonia Bickel, 1992 – Queensland
• Yumbera callida (Parent, 1932) – New South Wales; Queensland
• Yumbera conica Bickel, 1992 – New South Wales; Queensland
• Yumbera nudicornis Bickel, 1992 – Queensland
• Yumbera signata Bickel, 1992 – New South Wales; Queensland; Victoria
• Yumbera trisignata Bickel, 2012^[2] – Tasmania

Notes and References

1. Book: Evenhius, N. L.. Family Dolichopodidae. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/aocat/doli.html. Evenhius. N. L.. Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). 17 April 2016. 17 January 2023.
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. 10.4039/tce.2012.7.