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

Interactions where Egle minuta 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 Restricted Salix willows 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 minuta/Egle minutaa willow catkin flyadult Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowsmale catkinSole
adult adult visits for nectar and/or pollen male catkin Foreign Salix aurita Eared 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 minuta/Egle minutaa willow catkin flyadult Foodplant / visitorForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowmale catkin
adult adult visits for nectar and/or pollen male catkin Foreign Salix caprea Goat Willow, Sallow 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 minuta/Egle minutaa willow catkin flyadult Foodplant / visitorForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix caprea/Salix capreagoat willow, sallowmale catkin
adult adult visits for nectar and/or pollen male catkin Foreign Salix cinerea Grey Willow, Common Sallow 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 minuta/Egle minutaa willow catkin flyadult Foodplant / visitorForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix cinerea/Salix cinereagrey willow, common sallowmale catkin
adult adult visits for nectar and/or pollen male catkin Foreign 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 minuta/Egle minutaa willow catkin flyadult Foodplant / visitorForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix repens/Salix repenscreeping willowmale catkin

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

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

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

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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Egle minuta (a willow catkin fly)

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

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

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