''Keirosoma'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed in the

New World The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 3 ...

. The subfamily has variously been placed in the Rhaphiinae,

Diaphorinae Diaphorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Genera *'' Acropsilus'' Mik, 1878 (unplaced in Dolichopodidae) *'' Anepsiomyia'' Bezzi, 1902 (Diaphorinae or Sympycninae) *'' Nematoproctus'' Loew, 1857 (Diaphorinae or Rhaphii ...

Sympycninae Sympycninae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Genera *'' Anepsiomyia'' Bezzi, 1902 (Diaphorinae or Sympycninae) *'' Brevimyia'' Miller, 1945 *'' Calyxochaetus'' Bigot, 1888 *'' Campsicnemus'' Haliday in Walker, 1851 *'' C ...

. 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.

Species

*'' Keirosoma albicinctum'' Van Duzee, 1929 *''

Keirosoma slossonae ''Keirosoma'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed in the New World. The subfamily has variously been placed in the Rhaphiinae, Diaphorinae or Sympycninae Sympycninae is a subfamily of flies in the family Doli ...

'' Van Duzee, 1933

References

Dolichopodidae genera Diaphorinae Diptera of South America {{Dolichopodidae-stub