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]
^Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704.
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^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.