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

Eaton, 1887

Arthropleidae

Arthroplea congener Bengtsson, 1908

Baetidae

Adult

Naiad

Cloeon dipterum

(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
(Eaton, 1870)
(Bengtsson, 1919)
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Procloeon bifidum (Bengtsson, 1912)
Procloeon pennulatum (Eaton, 1870)

Caenidae

Caenis horaria

Curtis, 1834
Sowa, 1973
Caenis horaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Caenis luctuosa (Burmeister, 1839)
Stephens, 1835
Keffermüller, 1960
Navás, 1913
Eaton, 1884
Eaton, 1884

Ephemeridae

Adult

Naiad

Ephemera vulgata

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

Ephemerellidae

(Poda, 1761)
Eaton, 1887

Heptageniidae

Rhithrogena germanica

(Curtis, 1834)
(Eaton, 1870)
Kimmins, 1942
(Fabricius, 1775)
(Eaton, 1870)
(Curtis, 1834)
(Stephens, 1835)
(Müller, 1764)
(Retzius, 1783)
Rhithrogena germanica Eaton, 1870
(Curtis, 1834)

Leptophlebiidae

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

Potamanthidae

Potamanthus luteus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Siphlonuridae

Siphlonurus alternatus (Say, 1824)
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.

[1]

[2]