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''Elassogaster'' is a genus of scavenger flies (Diptera) belonging to the family
Platystomatidae The Platystomatidae (signal flies) are a distinctive family of Fly, flies (Diptera) in the superfamily Tephritoidea. Signal flies are worldwide in distribution, found in all the biogeographic realms, but predominantly in the tropics. It is one ...
. They are native to warm regions of
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and
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. 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 Rondani is an Italian surname. Notable people having this name include: * Camillo Rondani, (1808–1879), an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera * Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani (15 July 1490 â ...
, 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 Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia: **Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome * Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1805)
*'' E. linearis'' (
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)
*'' E. metallica''
Bigot Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, class, religion, or sexu ...
, 1860
*'' E. nigripes'' Malloch, 1940 *'' E. potens''
Frey Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especi ...
, 1930
*'' E. pulla'' Hendel, 1914 *'' E. quadrimaculata'' Hendel, 1914 *'' E. rutila'' ( Hendel, 1914) *'' E. sangiensis'' Meijere, 1916 *'' E. signatipes'' (
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 * ...
, 1860)
*'' E. simplex''
Frey Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especi ...
, 1930
*'' E. sordida'' (
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 * ...
, 1861)
*'' E. vanderwulpi'' Hendel, 1914


References


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* Diptera of Africa Diptera of Asia Platystomatidae Schizophora genera Taxa named by Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot {{Tephritoidea-stub