Elassogaster
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| Elassogaster | |
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| Elassogaster sp. in South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Platystomatidae |
| Subfamily: | Platystomatinae |
| Genus: | Elassogaster Bigot, 1860[1] |
| Type species | |
| Elassogaster metallica | |
| Synonyms | |
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.[5] Adults frequent the vicinity of dung or carcasses, where they walk while constantly waving their wings. The larvae develop in dung.[5]
