Chrysogaster

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Chrysogaster is a genus of small hoverflies in the subfamily Eristalinae.[9] 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, Orthonevra, Lejogaster and Riponnensia were formerly treated as members of Chrysogaster.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Syrphidae
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Chrysogaster
Chrysogaster solstitialis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Brachyopini
Subtribe: Brachyopina
Genus: Chrysogaster
Meigen, 1803[1]
Type species
Musca cemiteriorum
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