List of mayflies of the British Isles

This list of the mayflies recorded in the British Isles follows Macadam,^[1] with nomenclature and taxonomy according to Kluge.^[2] There are 51 species of mayfly known to occur in the British Isles, distributed among ten families.

Ameletidae

Ameletus inopinatus Eaton, 1887

Arthropleidae

Arthroplea congener Bengtsson, 1908

Baetidae

Adult

Naiad

Cloeon dipterum

Alainites muticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Baetis buceratus
Eaton, 1870
Baetis fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Baetis rhodani
(Pictet, 1843)
Baetis scambus
Eaton, 1870
Baetis vernus
Curtis, 1834
Centroptilum luteolum (Muller, 1776)
Cloeon dipterum (Linnaeus, 1761)
Cloeon simile Eaton, 1870
Labiobaetis atrebatinus (Eaton, 1870)
Nigrobaetis digitatus (Bengtsson, 1919)
Nigrobaetis niger (Linnaeus, 1761)
Procloeon bifidum
(Bengtsson, 1912)
Procloeon pennulatum (Eaton, 1870)

Caenidae

Brachycercus harrisella Curtis, 1834
Caenis beskidensis Sowa, 1973
Caenis horaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Caenis luctuosa (Burmeister, 1839)
Caenis macrura Stephens, 1835
Caenis pseudorivulorum Keffermüller, 1960
Caenis pusilla Navás, 1913
Caenis rivulorum Eaton, 1884
Caenis robusta Eaton, 1884

Ephemeridae

Adult

Naiad

Ephemera vulgata

Ephemera danica Müller, 1764
Ephemera lineata
Eaton, 1870
Ephemera vulgata Linnaeus, 1758

Ephemerellidae

Seratella ignita (Poda, 1761)
Ephemerella notata Eaton, 1887

Heptageniidae

Ecdyonurus dispar (Curtis, 1834)
Ecdyonurus insignis (Eaton, 1870)
Ecdyonurus torrentis Kimmins, 1942
Ecdyonurus venosus (Fabricius, 1775)
Electrogena affinis (Eaton, 1870)
Electrogena lateralis (Curtis, 1834)
Heptagenia longicauda (Stephens, 1835)
Heptagenia sulphurea (Müller, 1764)
Kageronia fuscogrisea (Retzius, 1783)
Rhithrogena germanica Eaton, 1870
Rhithrogena semicolorata (Curtis, 1834)

Leptophlebiidae

Habrophlebia fusca (Curtis, 1834)
Leptophlebia marginata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Leptophlebia vespertina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Paraleptophlebia cincta (Retzius, 1783)
Paraleptophlebia submarginata (Stephens, 1835)
Paraleptophlebia werneri Ulmer, 1920

Potamanthidae

Potamanthus luteus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Siphlonuridae

Siphlonurus alternatus (Say, 1824)
Siphlonurus armatus Eaton, 1870
Siphlonurus lacustris Eaton, 1870

References

^ Craig Macadam (2003). "In the Month of Mayfly" (PDF). Salmo Trutta. 6: 64–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27.
^ Nikita Julievich Kluge (June 3, 2010). "Index of supra-species taxa names". Ephemeroptera of the World. Saint Petersburg State University. Archived from the original on April 29, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

[1] Craig Macadam (2003). "In the Month of Mayfly" (PDF). Salmo Trutta. 6: 64–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27.

[2] Nikita Julievich Kluge (June 3, 2010). "Index of supra-species taxa names". Ephemeroptera of the World. Saint Petersburg State University. Archived from the original on April 29, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

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