Minjerribah (fly)
Minjerribah is a genus of flies belonging to the family Dolichopodidae.[2] It contains only one species, Minjerribah litoura, which was described from North Stradbroke Island in southeastern Queensland, Australia. The name of the genus is the name for North Stradbroke Island given by the Quandamooka people.[1]
Minjerribah | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Hydrophorinae |
Genus: | Minjerribah Bickel, 2019[1] |
Species: | M. litoura |
Binomial name | |
Minjerribah litoura Bickel, 2019[1] | |
References
- Bickel, D. J. (2019). "Minjerribah (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new genus from coastal Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa. 4686 (4): 593–599. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4686.4.8. PMID 31719474.
- "Minjerribah Bickel, 2019". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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