Elassogaster
Sign in to saveElassogaster is a genus of scavenger flies (Diptera) belonging to the family Platystomatidae. They are native to warm regions of Africa, Madagascar, Asia and Australia.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 13
- Family
- Platystomatidae
- Collections
- MCGILL UNIVERSITY, USNM, NHMUK, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MZLU
- Recorded in
- Australia, Papua New Guinea, India, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Ghana
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Platystomatidae
- Image
- Elassogaster sp, Skeerpoort, c.jpg
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- Elassogaster
- taxon name
- Elassogaster
- topic's main category
- Category:Elassogaster
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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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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