Elassogaster

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.

Species

 * E. aerea Hendel, 1914
 * E. anteapicalis Hendel, 1914
 * E. arcuata Hendel, 1914
 * E. brachialis (Rondani, 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, 1805)
 * E. linearis (Walker, 1849)
 * E. metallica Bigot, 1860
 * E. nigripes Malloch, 1940
 * E. potens Frey, 1930
 * E. pulla Hendel, 1914
 * E. quadrimaculata Hendel, 1914
 * E. rutila (Hendel, 1914)
 * E. sangiensis Meijere, 1916
 * E. signatipes (Walker, 1860)
 * E. simplex Frey, 1930
 * E. sordida (Walker, 1861)
 * E. vanderwulpi Hendel, 1914