| Paraphrosylus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrophorinae |
| Tribe: | Aphrosylini |
| Genus: | Paraphrosylus Becker, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Aphrosylus praedator Wheeler, 1897 | |
Paraphrosylus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed along rocky coasts of the Eastern Pacific, and members of the genus live in the intertidal zone. Paraphrosylus was originally established as a subgenus of Aphrosylus, but was later raised to genus rank.
Species
- Paraphrosylus californicus (Harmston, 1952) – California (Laguna)
- Paraphrosylus direptor (Wheeler, 1897) – British Columbia, Washington, California
- Paraphrosylus grassator (Wheeler, 1897) – California (Pacific Grove)
- Paraphrosylus nigripennis (Van Duzee, 1924) – Alaska, Washington, Oregon
- Paraphrosylus praedator (Wheeler, 1897) – British Columbia, Washington, California
- Paraphrosylus wirthi (Harmston, 1951) – California (Moss Beach)
References
- Becker, T. (1922). "Dipterologischen Studien. Dolichopodidae. B. Nearktische und Neotropische Regions". Abh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien. 13 (1): 395.
- ^ Wheeler, W. M. (1897). "A genus of maritime Dolichopodidae new to America". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Zoology. Series 3. 1: 145–152, 1 pl. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.
- Pollet, Marc A. A.; Brooks, Scott Edward; Cumming, Jeffrey Malcolm (2004). "Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 283. American Museum of Natural History: 1–114. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:cotddo>2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/451.
- Harmston, F. C. (1952). "New species of Dolichopodidae in the U.S. National Museum (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 54: 281–294. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- Van Duzee, Millard Carr (1924). "North American species of Paraphrosylus Becker, a subgenus of Aphrosylus Walker". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 1. The Pacific Coast Entomological Society: 73–78.
- Harmston, F. C. (1951). "New species of Dolichopodidae from California and Utah (Diptera)". The Great Basin Naturalist. 11: 11–17. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22414. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
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