- Chrysogaster
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Chrysogaster Chrysogaster solstitialis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Syrphidae Subfamily: Milesiinae Tribe: Brachyopini Genus: Chrysogaster
Meigen, 1803Chrysogaster is a genus of small hoverflies in the subfamily Milesiinae.[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.
Species
- Chrysogaster antitheus Walker, 1849
- Chrysogaster basalis Loew, 1857
- Chrysogaster cemiteriorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Chrysogaster chalybeata Meigen, 1822
- Chrysogaster inflatifrons Shannon, 1916
- Chrysogaster mediterraneus Vujic, 1999
- Chrysogaster rondanii Maibach & Goeldlin, 1995
- Chrysogaster simplex Loew, 1843
- Chrysogaster solstitialis (Fallén, 1817)
- Chrysogaster virescens Loew, 1854
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