Chrysogaster

Chrysogaster is a genus of small hoverflies in the subfamily Eristalinae.[1] 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.

Chrysogaster
Chrysogaster solstitialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Eristalinae
Tribe:
Brachyopini
Genus:
Chrysogaster

Meigen, 1803
Type species
Musca cemiteriorum

Species[2]
  • Chrysogaster aerosa Loew, 1843
  • Chrysogaster africana Hull, 1944[3]
  • Chrysogaster aliniensis Mutin, 1999
  • Chrysogaster antitheus Walker, 1849
  • Chrysogaster apicalis Bezzi, 1920 [3]
  • Chrysogaster atlasi Kassebeer, 1999
  • Chrysogaster basalis Loew, 1857
  • Chrysogaster cemiteriorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Chrysogaster chalybeata Meigen, 1822
  • Chrysogaster curvistylus Vujić & Stuke, 1998
  • Chrysogaster inflatifrons Shannon, 1916
  • Chrysogaster formosana Shiraki, 1930
  • Chrysogaster hirtella Loew, 1843
  • Chrysogaster inflatifrons Shannon, 1916
  • Chrysogaster jaroslavensis Stackelberg, 1922
  • Chrysogaster kirgisorum Stackelberg, 1952
  • Chrysogaster laevigata Bezzi, 1915 [3]
  • Chrysogaster lindbergi Kassebeer, 1999
  • Chrysogaster lucida Scopoli, 1763
  • Chrysogaster mediterraneus Vujić, 1999
  • Chrysogaster ocularia Hervé-Bazin, 1914 [3]
  • Chrysogaster parumplicata Loew, 1840
  • Chrysogaster pilocapita Hull, 1944 [3]
  • Chrysogaster poecilophthalma Bezzi, 1908 [3]
  • Chrysogaster poecilops Bezzi, 1915 [3]
  • Chrysogaster pollinifacies Violovitsh, 1956
  • Chrysogaster proserpina Hull, 1944 [3]
  • Chrysogaster quinquestriata Szilády, 1942 [3]
  • Chrysogaster rondanii Maibach & Goeldlin de Tiefenau, 1995
  • Chrysogaster semiopaca Matsumura, 1916
  • Chrysogaster simplex Loew, 1843
  • Chrysogaster sinensis Stackelberg, 1952
  • Chrysogaster solstitialis (Fallén, 1817)
  • Chrysogaster spiloptera Bezzi, 1915 [3]
  • Chrysogaster stackelbergi Violovitsh, 1978
  • Chrysogaster tadzhikorum Stackelberg, 1952
  • Chrysogaster tumescens Loew, 1873
  • Chrysogaster virescens Loew, 1854

References
  1. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd (revised) ed.). British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp. ISBN 0-9502891-3-2.
  2. "Chrysogaster Meigen, 1803." Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/26057/entries/33711804/overview. Accessed 09 Jan 2012
  3. Smith, Kenneth G.V.; Vockeroth, J.R. (1980). Crosskey, R.W. (ed.). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region (Print). London: British museum (Natural History). pp. 1–1436. ISBN 0565 00821 8.


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