About: Elassogaster

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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.

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  • 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. (en)
  • Elassogaster är ett släkte av tvåvingar. Elassogaster ingår i familjen bredmunsflugor. Kladogram enligt Catalogue of Life: (sv)
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  • Bigot, 1860 (en)
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  • Elassogaster sp. in South Africa (en)
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  • *Epicausta (Loew, 1873) *Myiodella (Rondani, 1873) (en)
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  • Elassogaster (en)
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  • Elassogaster metallica (en)
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  • Bigot, 1860 (en)
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  • 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. (en)
  • Elassogaster är ett släkte av tvåvingar. Elassogaster ingår i familjen bredmunsflugor. Kladogram enligt Catalogue of Life: (sv)
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  • Elassogaster (en)
  • Elassogaster (sv)
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