Egle Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
(willow catkin flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Egle ciliata
a willow catkin fly
Male (Click to open) (Click to open)
 		Species 28 images 1 ident. refs
Egle concomitans
Poplar Catkin Fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Egle inermis
Bay Willow Catkin Fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 6 images 1 ident. refs
Egle lyneborgi
a willow catkin fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Egle minuta
a willow catkin fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 6 images
Egle parvaeformis
a willow catkin fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Egle rhinotmeta
a willow catkin fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 33 images 1 ident. refs
Egle steini
a willow catkin fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Egle subarctica
a willow catkin fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Egle suwai
a willow catkin fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 17 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Michelsen, V. 2009 Revision of the willow catkin flies, genus Egle Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in Europe and neighbouring areas Zootaxa No. 2043: 1-76.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Egle (willow catkin flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 36 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Egle (willow catkin flies)
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