Biology:Paraphrosylus

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Paraphrosylus
Scientific classification e
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

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 (state) , 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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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. http://biodiversityheritagelibrary.org/page/38967697#page/179/mode/1up. 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 (American Museum of Natural History) 283: 1–114. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:cotddo>2.0.co;2. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232694905. 
  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. https://archive.org/details/biostor-84077. 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 (The Pacific Coast Entomological Society) 1: 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7912609#page/21/mode/1up. Retrieved 13 July 2016. 

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