Paraphrosylus
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| Paraphrosylus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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]
