Keirosoma is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[1][2] It is distributed in the New World.[3] The subfamily has variously been placed in the Rhaphiinae, Diaphorinae or Sympycninae. According to Scott E. Brooks in 2005, the systematic position of the genus is still uncertain, though a possible relationship with Pseudohercostomus has been suggested.[4]

Keirosoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Diaphorinae
Genus: Keirosoma
Van Duzee, 1929[1]
Type species
Keirosoma albicinctum
Van Duzee, 1929[1]

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Van Duzee, M. C. (1929). "Tropical American Diptera or two-winged flies of the family Dolichopodidae from Central and South America". Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 74 (10): 1–64, 2 pls. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.74-2755.1. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Robinson, H. (1970). "Family Dolichopodidae". A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States (40). Universidade de São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia: 1–92.
  4. ^ Brooks, Scott E. (2005). "Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 857: 1–158. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1.
  5. ^ Van Duzee, Millard Carr (1933). "New American Dolichopidae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (655). New York City: The American Museum of Natural History: 1–20. Retrieved 18 February 2016.