Aphrosylus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. All species are intertidal in habitat.[2]

Aphrosylus
Aphrosylus celtiber North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Hydrophorinae
Tribe: Aphrosylini
Genus: Aphrosylus
Haliday in Walker, 1851[1]
Type species
Aphrosylus raptor

Species

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Aphrosylus griseatus Curran, 1926 is a synonym of Cemocarus griseatus (Curran, 1926), the type species of Cemocarus.[11]

The following species were moved to Paraphrosylus:

  • Aphrosylus californicus Harmston, 1952[12]
  • Aphrosylus direptor Wheeler, 1897[13]
  • Aphrosylus grassator Wheeler, 1897[13]
  • Aphrosylus nigripennis Van Duzee, 1924
  • Aphrosylus praedator Wheeler, 1897[13]
  • Aphrosylus wirthi Harmston, 1951

The following species were moved to Cymatopus:

  • Aphrosylus setosus Curran, 1932

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Haliday, A. H. (1851). Diptera. Dolichopidae. In Walker, F., Insecta Britannica, Diptera. Volume 1. (q.v.) [1851.12.??]. pp. 144–221.
  2. ^ Abdelsalam, Khaled Mahmoud (2019). "First record of a larva of the dipteran genus Aphrosylus Haliday, 1851 (Dolichopodidae) from the Egyptian Mediterranean Sea". Polskie pismo entomologiczne. 88 (1): 79–92. doi:10.2478/pjen-2019-0006. ISSN 2299-9884. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b Negrobov, O. P. (1979). "Dolichopodidae". Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region. 29 (321). Stuttgart: E.Schweizerbart'sche Science Publishers: 419–474.
  4. ^ a b c Vaillant, F. (1955). "Les Dolichopodidae des rivages maritima en Afrique du Nord (Diptères)". Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord. 46: 303–308.
  5. ^ a b Frey, R. (1945). "Tiergeographische Studien über die Dipterenfauna der Azoren. I. Verzeichnis der bisher von den Azoren bekannten Dipteren". Commentationes Biologicae. 8 (10): 1–114.
  6. ^ Parent, O. (1927). "Dolichopodides paléarctiques nouveaux ou peu connus". Encyclopedie Entomologique Ser B II. 4: 45–96.
  7. ^ Haliday, A. H. (1855). "Descriptions of insects figured, and references to plates illustrating the notes on Kerry insects". Natural History Review. 2: 59–64. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  8. ^ a b Rampini, L. (1982). "Due nuovi Aphrosylus della Sierra Leone (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). Problemi attuali di scienza e di cultura, N. 255, Sezione: Missioni ed esplorazioni". Ricerche Biologiche in Sierra Leone. 8: 41–46.
  9. ^ a b Becker, T. (1908). "Dipteren der Kanarischen Inseln". Mitteilungen aus dem zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 4. Berlin: 1–180, 4 pls. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  10. ^ Grootaert, P.; Van de Velde, I. (2019). "Empidoid flies from Cabo Verde (Diptera, Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae and Hybotidae) are not only composed of Old World tropical species". European Journal of Taxonomy (528): 1–17. doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.528.
  11. ^ Meuffels, H.J.G.; Grootaert, P (1984). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea I: The genus Cymatopus Kertész with a discussion on Abaretia Miller and Cemocarus gen.nov" (PDF). Indo-Malayan Zoology. 1. Rotterdam: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences: 141–158. ISSN 0168-6259. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ a b c 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.