Elassogaster
''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. Adults frequent the vicinity of dung or carcasses, where they walk while constantly waving their wings. The larvae develop in dung. Species *'' E. aerea'' Hendel, 1914 *'' E. anteapicalis'' Hendel, 1914 *'' E. arcuata'' Hendel, 1914 *'' E. brachialis'' ( Rondani, 1873) *'' E. calida'' (Wiedemann, 1830) *'' E. didyma'' (Osten Sacken, 1881) *'' E. didymoides'' Hendel, 1914 *'' E. flavipes'' ( Schiner, 1868) *'' E. floresana'' Hennig, 1941 *'' E. hilgendorfi'' Enderlein, 1924 *'' E. hyalipennis'' Malloch, 1931 *'' E. immaculata'' ( Macquart, 1843) *'' E. inflexus'' (Fabricius, 1805) *'' E. linearis'' (Walker, 1849) *'' E. metallica'' Bigot, 1860 *'' E. nigripes'' Malloch, 1940 *'' E. potens'' Frey, 1930 *'' E. pul ...
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