Egle rhinotmeta (Pandellé, 1900)
(a willow catkin fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEgle rhinotmeta (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 rhinotmeta (a willow catkin fly) :
1: Egle rhinotmeta (a willow catkin fly)
31 Mar 2017 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, resting on wooden fence
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 - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - sternites IV and V - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 8: Male - terminalia - half-open - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - terminalia - posterior view - close-up - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 10: Male - terminalia - posterior view - microscope low magnification - white background
2: Egle rhinotmeta (a willow catkin fly)
31 Mar 2017 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, resting on wooden fence
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Egle rhinotmeta (a willow catkin fly)
2 Apr 2016 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, tubed off fence beside path through Osier beds
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - aedeagus, postgonites and pregonites - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 6: Male - cercal plate and surstyli - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 11: Male - sternites IV and V - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 12: Male - sternite V - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 13: Male - terminalia - posterior view - close-up - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 14: Male - terminalia - posterior view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 15: Male - terminalia - ventrral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: 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 rhinotmeta (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 rhinotmeta (a willow catkin fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Egle rhinotmeta (a willow catkin fly)
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