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Minjerribah litoura

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Minjerribah litoura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

Minjerribah litoura is a species of fly belonging to the family Dolichopodidae, and the only member of the genus Minjerribah.[2] It 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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. S2CID 207962455.
  2. ^ "Minjerribah Bickel, 2019". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 May 2021.