Egle ciliata (Walker, 1849)
(a willow catkin fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEgle ciliata (a willow catkin fly)
GenusEgle (willow catkin flies)
FamilyANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Egle ciliata (a willow catkin fly) :
1: Egle ciliata (a willow catkin fly)
2 Apr 2016 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
10 males, swept off Osier male catkins
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - sternite 5 - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 4: Male - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Egle ciliata (a willow catkin fly)
25 Mar 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off male Grey Sallow catkins
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Cercal plate and surstyli - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 8: Cercal plate and surstylus - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Cercal plate - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 10: Epiphallus (aedeagus) - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 11: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - cercal plate and surstyli - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 13: Male - head and proboscis - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 14: Male - head and proboscis - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 16: Post-gonite and epiphallus (aedeagus) - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 17: Post-gonite - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 18: Pre-gonite - magnified - white backgroundImage 19: Scutellum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Surstylus - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 21: Terminalia - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 22: Terminalia - microscope low magnification - white background (2)Image 23: Terminalia - microscope low magnification - white background (3)Image 24: Wing - microscope low magnification - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() van Erkelens, J.A. 2013 Acht nieuwe bloemvliegen uit het genus Egle nieuw voor Nederland (Diptera, Anthomyiidae) Entomologische Berichten Vol 73(3): 2-11.

Egle ciliata (a willow catkin fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Egle ciliata (a willow catkin fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Egle ciliata (a willow catkin fly)
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