Elassogaster
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elassogaster-285-5710449
title:
Elassogaster
text:
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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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Genus of flies
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elassogaster
date created:
date modified:
2022-08-04T18:42:09Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
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