Aphalacrosoma

Aphalacrosoma is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from China and Taiwan.^[2]

Aphalacrosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Dolichopodinae
Genus:	Aphalacrosoma Zhang & Yang, 2005[1]
Type species
Phalacrosoma postiseta Yang & Saigusa, 2001

The generic name is derived from the negative prefix "a" and the generic name Phalacrosoma.^[1]

Species

There are currently seven species in the genus:

• Aphalacrosoma absarista (Wei, 1998)^[3][4]
• Aphalacrosoma crypsum (Wei, 1998)^[3][4]
• Aphalacrosoma crypsusoideum (Wei, 1998)^[3][4]
• Aphalacrosoma hubeiense (Yang, 1998)^[5]
• Aphalacrosoma modestum (Wei, 1998)^[3][4]
• Aphalacrosoma postiseta (Yang & Saigusa, 2001)^[6]
• Aphalacrosoma taiwanense Zhang, Yang & Masunaga, 2005^[7]

Aphalacrosoma sichuanense (Yang & Saigusa, 1999)^[8] is a synonym of A. modestus (Wei, 1998).^[4]