Egle minuta (Meigen, 1826)
(a willow catkin fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEgle minuta (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 minuta (a willow catkin fly) :
1: Egle minuta (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 - cercal plate and surstyli - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Male - pregonite and postgonite - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Male - sternite 5 - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 5: Male - terminalia - latero-posterior view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 6: Wing - microscope low magnification - white background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Egle minuta (a willow catkin fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Egle minuta (a willow catkin fly)
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