Elassogaster

Elassogaster
Elassogaster sp. in South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Platystomatidae
Subfamily: Platystomatinae
Genus: Elassogaster
Bigot, 1860[1]
Type species
Elassogaster metallica
Bigot, 1860[1]
Synonyms

Elassogaster is a genus of scavenger flies (Diptera) belonging to the family Platystomatidae. They are native to warm regions of Africa, Madagascar, Asia and Australia.

They have rounded heads with red eyes, a shiny green thorax and a dark stigma on the wing tips.[5] Adults frequent the vicinity of dung or carcasses, where they walk while constantly waving their wings. The larvae develop in dung.[5]

Species

References

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  5. ^ a b Picker, Mike; et al. (2004). Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-77007-061-5.
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  8. ^ Osten Sacken, C.R. (1881). "Enumeration of the Diptera of the Malay Archipelago collected by Prof. Odoardo Beccari, Mr. L. M. d'Albertis and others". Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. (1880-1881) 16: 393–492. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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  11. ^ Malloch, J. R. (1931). "Notes on some acalyptrate flies in the United States National Museum". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 78 (15): 1–32. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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  13. ^ Fabricius, Johann Christian (1805). Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species. Bransvigae: Apud Carolum Reichard. pp. i–xiv, 1–373. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  14. ^ Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Vol. IV. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 3] + 689–1172 + [2]. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  15. ^ Malloch, J.R. (1940). "The Otitidae and Phytalmidae of the Solomon Islands (Diptera)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (11): 66–98.
  16. ^ a b Frey, R. (1930). "Philippinische Dipteren. VII. Fam.Platystomidae". Notulae Ent. 10: 46–64, pl. 1.
  17. ^ Meijere, J.C.H. de (1916). "Fauna Simalurensis-Diptera". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 58 (Suppl.): 1–63. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  18. ^ Walker, F. (1860). "Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected in Amboyna by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species". Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 5 (suppl.): 144–168. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  19. ^ Walker, F. (1861). "Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Dorey, New Guinea, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species". Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 5: 229–254. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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