Elassogaster

Elassogaster
	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; Bigot, 1860[1]
Synonyms
	Epicausta Loew, 1873[2]; Myiodella Róndani, 1873[3][4];

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]

Species

E. aerea Hendel, 1914[6]
E. anteapicalis Hendel, 1914[6]
E. arcuata Hendel, 1914[6]
E. brachialis (Róndani, 1873)[3]
E. calida (Wiedemann, 1830)[7]
E. didyma (Osten Sacken, 1881)[8]
E. didymoides Hendel, 1914[6]
E. flavipes (Schiner, 1868)[9]
E. floresana Hennig, 1941
E. hilgendorfi Enderlein, 1924[10]
E. hyalipennis Malloch, 1931[11]
E. immaculata (Macquart, 1843)[12]
E. inflexus (Fabricius, 1805)[13]
E. linearis (Walker, 1849)[14]
E. metallica Bigot, 1860[1]
E. nigripes Malloch, 1940[15]
E. potens Frey, 1930[16]
E. pulla Hendel, 1914[6]
E. quadrimaculata Hendel, 1914[6]
E. rutila (Hendel, 1914)[6]
E. sangiensis Meijere, 1916[17]
E. signatipes (Walker, 1860)[18]
E. simplex Frey, 1930[16]
E. sordida (Walker, 1861)[19]
E. vanderwulpi Hendel, 1914[6]

References

Bigot, Jacques Marie Frangile (1860). "Diptères de Madagascar (suite et fin). Troisieme partie". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 3. (1859) 7: 533–558. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
Loew, Hermann (1873). "Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part III". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 11: vii + 351 +XIII pp., 4 pls. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
Rondani, Camillo (1873). "Muscaria exotica Musei Civici Januensis. Fragmentum I. Species aliquae in Abyssinia (Regione Bogos) lectae a Doct. O. Beccari et March. O. Antinori, anno 1870-71". Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova. 4: 282–294. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
"Elassogaster Bigot, 1860". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
Picker, Mike; et al. (2004). Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-77007-061-5.
Hendel, Friedrich (1914). "Die Arten der Platystominen". Abhandlungen der K. K. Zool.-Botan. Gesellschaft in Wien. 8: 1–410. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. 2. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
Osten Sacken, C.R. (1881). "Enumeration of the Diptera of the Malay Archipelago collected by Prof. Odoardo Beccari, Mr. L. M. d'Albertis and others". Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. (1880-1881) 16: 393–492. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
Schiner, I.R. (1868). Diptera. In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. (1). 2. Wien: B. K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. vi + 388 pp., 4 pls.
Enderlein, Günther (1924). "Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Platystominen". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen: 99–153.
Malloch, J. R. (1931). "Notes on some acalyptrate flies in the United States National Museum". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 78 (15): 1–32. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
Macquart, P. J. M. (1843). "Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus". Tome deuxieme.--3e partie. Roret, Paris: 304 pp., 36 pls.
Fabricius, Johann Christian (1805). Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species. Bransvigae: Apud Carolum Reichard. pp. i–xiv, 1–373. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. IV. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 3] + 689–1172 + [2]. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
Malloch, J.R. (1940). "The Otitidae and Phytalmidae of the Solomon Islands (Diptera)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (11): 66–98.
Frey, R. (1930). "Philippinische Dipteren. VII. Fam.Platystomidae". Notulae Ent. 10: 46–64, pl. 1.
Meijere, J.C.H. de (1916). "Fauna Simalurensis-Diptera". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie (1915) (Suppl.). 58: 1–63. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
Walker, F. (1860). "Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected in Amboyna by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species". Journal and Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of London, Zoology. 5 (suppl.): 144–168. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
Walker, F. (1861). "Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Dorey, New Guinea, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species". Journal and Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of London, Zoology. 5: 229–254. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

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[Bigot1860-1] Bigot, Jacques Marie Frangile (1860). "Diptères de Madagascar (suite et fin). Troisieme partie". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 3. (1859) 7: 533–558. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[Loew1873-2] Loew, Hermann (1873). "Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part III". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 11: vii + 351 +XIII pp., 4 pls. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[Rondani1873-3] Rondani, Camillo (1873). "Muscaria exotica Musei Civici Januensis. Fragmentum I. Species aliquae in Abyssinia (Regione Bogos) lectae a Doct. O. Beccari et March. O. Antinori, anno 1870-71". Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova. 4: 282–294. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[atlas-4] "Elassogaster Bigot, 1860". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

[fg-5] Picker, Mike; et al. (2004). Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-77007-061-5.

[Hendel1914-6] Hendel, Friedrich (1914). "Die Arten der Platystominen". Abhandlungen der K. K. Zool.-Botan. Gesellschaft in Wien. 8: 1–410. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[Wiedemann1830-7] Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. 2. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

[Osten_Sacken-8] Osten Sacken, C.R. (1881). "Enumeration of the Diptera of the Malay Archipelago collected by Prof. Odoardo Beccari, Mr. L. M. d'Albertis and others". Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. (1880-1881) 16: 393–492. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[Schiner1868-9] Schiner, I.R. (1868). Diptera. In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. (1). 2. Wien: B. K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. vi + 388 pp., 4 pls.

[Enderlein1924-10] Enderlein, Günther (1924). "Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Platystominen". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen: 99–153.

[Malloch1931-11] Malloch, J. R. (1931). "Notes on some acalyptrate flies in the United States National Museum". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 78 (15): 1–32. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

[Macquart1843-12] Macquart, P. J. M. (1843). "Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus". Tome deuxieme.--3e partie. Roret, Paris: 304 pp., 36 pls.

[Fabricius1805-13] Fabricius, Johann Christian (1805). Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species. Bransvigae: Apud Carolum Reichard. pp. i–xiv, 1–373. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

[Walker1849-14] Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. IV. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 3] + 689–1172 + [2]. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[Malloch1940-15] Malloch, J.R. (1940). "The Otitidae and Phytalmidae of the Solomon Islands (Diptera)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (11): 66–98.

[Frey1930-16] Frey, R. (1930). "Philippinische Dipteren. VII. Fam.Platystomidae". Notulae Ent. 10: 46–64, pl. 1.

[Meijere-17] Meijere, J.C.H. de (1916). "Fauna Simalurensis-Diptera". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie (1915) (Suppl.). 58: 1–63. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[Walker1860-18] Walker, F. (1860). "Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected in Amboyna by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species". Journal and Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of London, Zoology. 5 (suppl.): 144–168. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[Walker1861-19] Walker, F. (1861). "Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Dorey, New Guinea, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species". Journal and Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of London, Zoology. 5: 229–254. Retrieved 27 January 2021.