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.

This article related to members of the muscomorph flies superfamily Tephritoidea is a stub.