Egle brevicornis (Zetterstedt, [1838])
(a willow catkin fly)

Interactions where Egle brevicornis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
adult adult visits for nectar and/or pollen male catkin UK/Ireland Salix repens Creeping Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Revision of the willow catkin flies, genus Egle Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in Europe and neighbouring areas, Michelsen, V., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Egle brevicornis/Egle brevicornisa willow catkin flyadult Foodplant / visitorUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix repens/Salix repenscreeping willowmale catkin
larva larva mines female catkin UK/IrelandMajor Salix repens Creeping Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Egle brevicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) (Diptera, Anthomyiidae) on Anglesey, Bratton, J.H. & Ackland, D.M., 2015
Revision of the willow catkin flies, genus Egle Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in Europe and neighbouring areas, Michelsen, V., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Egle brevicornis/Egle brevicornisa willow catkin flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix repens/Salix repenscreeping willowfemale catkinMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Bratton, J.H. & Ackland, D.M., 2015Egle brevicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) (Diptera, Anthomyiidae) on AngleseyDipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 22 (2): 142.
Michelsen, V., 2009Revision of the willow catkin flies, genus Egle Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in Europe and neighbouring areasZootaxa No. 2043: 1-76.

Egle brevicornis (a willow catkin fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Egle brevicornis (a willow catkin fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEgle brevicornis (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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Egle brevicornis (a willow catkin fly)

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bratton, J.H. & Ackland, D.M. 2015 Egle brevicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) (Diptera, Anthomyiidae) on Anglesey Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 22 (2): 142.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Egle brevicornis (a willow catkin fly):

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