''Chrysogaster'' is a genus of small
hoverflies
Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family (biology), family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen Hover (behaviour), hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed main ...
in the subfamily
Eristalinae
Eristalinae (or Milesiinae) are one of the four subfamilies of the fly family (biology), family Hoverfly, Syrphidae, or hoverflies. A well-known species included in this subfamily is the Eristalis tenax, common drone fly, ''Eristalis tenax''. ...
.
They are dark or black with shiny colourful reflections and can often be seen visiting flowers in damp marshy areas where the aquatic larvae live. Species in the related genera ''
Melanogaster
''Melanogaster'' ("''black-bellied''") may refer to the following organisms:
* Genera:
** ''Melanogaster'' (fungus), a genus of false truffles
** ''Melanogaster'' (fly), a genus of hoverflies
* Species:
** ''Drosophila melanogaster
''Drosoph ...
'', ''
Orthonevra'', ''
Lejogaster'' and ''
Riponnensia'' were formerly treated as members of ''Chrysogaster''.
Species
*''
Chrysogaster aerosa''
Loew, 1843
*''
Chrysogaster africana''
Hull
Hull may refer to:
Structures
* The hull of an armored fighting vehicle, housing the chassis
* Fuselage, of an aircraft
* Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds
* Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a sea-going craft
* Submarine hull
Ma ...
, 1944
*''
Chrysogaster aliniensis''
Mutin, 1999
*''
Chrysogaster antitheus''
Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1849
*''
Chrysogaster apicalis''
Bezzi, 1920
*''
Chrysogaster atlasi''
Kassebeer, 1999
*''
Chrysogaster basalis''
Loew, 1857
*''
Chrysogaster cemiteriorum''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
*''
Chrysogaster curvistylus''
(Vujić __NOTOC__
Vujić () is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a patronymic derived from the masculine given name ''Vuja'', a diminutive of the name Vuk (meaning "wolf"). The surname has been historically anglicized into Vuyich, Vuyitch, Vuich. In Hungary, the ...
& Stuke, 1998)
*''
Chrysogaster formosana''
Shiraki, 1930
*''
Chrysogaster hirtella''
Loew, 1843
*''
Chrysogaster inflatifrons''
Shannon, 1916
*''
Chrysogaster jaroslavensis''
Stackelberg __NOTOC__
Stackelberg is a surname, mainly known as the surname of a noble family of Baltic German descent (see Stackelberg family). Notable people with the surname include:
A
*Adolphe Stackelberg (1822–1871), Swedish count and Christian reviva ...
, 1922
*''
Chrysogaster kirgisorum''
Stackelberg __NOTOC__
Stackelberg is a surname, mainly known as the surname of a noble family of Baltic German descent (see Stackelberg family). Notable people with the surname include:
A
*Adolphe Stackelberg (1822–1871), Swedish count and Christian reviva ...
, 1952
*''
Chrysogaster laevigata''
Bezzi, 1915
*''
Chrysogaster lindbergi''
Kassebeer, 1999
*''
Chrysogaster lucida''
Scopoli
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italian physician and naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first anational European" and the "Linnaeus of the Au ...
, 1763
*''
Chrysogaster mediterraneus''
Vujić __NOTOC__
Vujić () is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a patronymic derived from the masculine given name ''Vuja'', a diminutive of the name Vuk (meaning "wolf"). The surname has been historically anglicized into Vuyich, Vuyitch, Vuich. In Hungary, the ...
, 1999
*''
Chrysogaster ocularia''
Hervé-Bazin, 1914
*''
Chrysogaster parumplicata''
Loew, 1840
*''
Chrysogaster pilocapita''
Hull
Hull may refer to:
Structures
* The hull of an armored fighting vehicle, housing the chassis
* Fuselage, of an aircraft
* Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds
* Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a sea-going craft
* Submarine hull
Ma ...
, 1944
*''
Chrysogaster poecilophthalma''
Bezzi, 1908
*''
Chrysogaster poecilops''
Bezzi, 1915
*''
Chrysogaster pollinifacies''
Violovitsh, 1956
*''
Chrysogaster proserpina''
Hull
Hull may refer to:
Structures
* The hull of an armored fighting vehicle, housing the chassis
* Fuselage, of an aircraft
* Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds
* Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a sea-going craft
* Submarine hull
Ma ...
, 1944
*''
Chrysogaster quinquestriata''
Szilády, 1942
*''
Chrysogaster rondanii''
Maibach & Goeldlin de Tiefenau, 1995
*''
Chrysogaster semiopaca''
Matsumura, 1916
*''
Chrysogaster simplex''
Loew, 1843
*''
Chrysogaster sinensis''
Stackelberg __NOTOC__
Stackelberg is a surname, mainly known as the surname of a noble family of Baltic German descent (see Stackelberg family). Notable people with the surname include:
A
*Adolphe Stackelberg (1822–1871), Swedish count and Christian reviva ...
, 1952
*''
Chrysogaster solstitialis''
( Fallén, 1817)
*''
Chrysogaster spiloptera''
Bezzi, 1915
*''
Chrysogaster stackelbergi''
Violovitsh, 1978
*''
Chrysogaster tadzhikorum''
Stackelberg __NOTOC__
Stackelberg is a surname, mainly known as the surname of a noble family of Baltic German descent (see Stackelberg family). Notable people with the surname include:
A
*Adolphe Stackelberg (1822–1871), Swedish count and Christian reviva ...
, 1952
*''
Chrysogaster tumescens''
Loew, 1873
*''
Chrysogaster virescens''
Loew, 1854
References
Hoverfly genera
Brachyopini
Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen
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