Egle inermis Ackland, 1970
(Bay Willow Catkin Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEgle inermis (Bay 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 inermis (Bay Willow Catkin Fly) :
1: Egle inermis (Bay 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 - aedeagus and postgonite - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Male - cercal plate and surstyli - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Male - postgonite (R) and both pregonites - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Male - sternite 5 - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 5: Male - terminalia - rear-three-quarter view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 6: Male - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ackland, M. 2004 Egle lyneborgi Ackland & Griffiths, 2003 (Diptera, Anthomyiidae) new to British list and E. inermis Ackland, 1970 is a good species. Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 10: 84.

Egle inermis (Bay 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 inermis (Bay Willow Catkin Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Egle inermis (Bay Willow Catkin Fly)
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