Paraphrosylus

Paraphrosylus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Hydrophorinae
Tribe:	Aphrosylini
Genus:	Paraphrosylus Becker, 1922[1]
Type species
Aphrosylus praedator Wheeler, 1897[2]

Paraphrosylus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[3] 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.[4]

Species

• Paraphrosylus californicus (Harmston, 1952)[5] – California (Laguna)
• Paraphrosylus direptor (Wheeler, 1897)[2] – British Columbia, Washington, California
• Paraphrosylus grassator (Wheeler, 1897)[2] – California (Pacific Grove)
• Paraphrosylus nigripennis (Van Duzee, 1924)[6] – Alaska, Washington, Oregon
• Paraphrosylus praedator (Wheeler, 1897)[2] – British Columbia, Washington, California
• Paraphrosylus wirthi (Harmston, 1951)[7] – California (Moss Beach)

References

1. Becker, T. (1922). "Dipterologischen Studien. Dolichopodidae. B. Nearktische und Neotropische Regions". Abh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien. 13 (1): 395.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.