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
Baetidae
Adult
Naiad
Caenidae
  • Brachycercus harrisellus 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
Ephemerellidae
  • Ephemerella 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
Potamanthidae
Siphlonuridae

References

  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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