List Of Mayflies Of The British Isles on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
This list of the mayflies recorded in the British Isles follows Macadam, with nomenclature and taxonomy according to Kluge. There are 51 species of 
*''
*''
mayfly
Mayflies (also known as shadflies or fishflies in Canada and the upper Midwestern United States, as Canadian soldiers in the American Great Lakes region, and as up-winged flies in the United Kingdom) are aquatic insects belonging to the ord ...
known to occur in the British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, ...
, distributed among ten families
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideall ...
.
;Ameletidae
*'' Ameletus inopinatus'' Eaton, 1887
;Arthropleidae
*''Arthroplea congener
''Arthroplea congener'' is a species of mayflies belonging to the family Heptageniidae.
It is native to Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the ...
'' Bengtsson, 1908
;Baetidae
*'' 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
''Centroptilum luteolum'' is a species of small minnow mayfly in the family Baetidae
Baetidae is a family of mayflies with about 1000 described species in 110 genera distributed worldwide. These are among the smallest of mayflies, adults rare ...
'' (Muller, 1776)
*''Cloeon dipterum
''Cloeon dipterum'' is a species of mayfly with a Holarctic distribution. It is the most common mayfly in ponds in the British Isles and the only ovoviviparity, ovoviviparous mayfly in Europe. Males differ from females in having turbinate eyes.
...
'' (Linnaeus, 1761)
*''Cloeon simile
''Cloeon simile'' is a species of small minnow mayfly in the family Baetidae
Baetidae is a family of mayfly, mayflies with about 1000 described species in 110 genera distributed worldwide. These are among the smallest of mayflies, adults rarel ...
'' Eaton, 1870
*'' Labiobaetis atrebatinus'' (Eaton, 1870)
*'' Nigrobaetis digitatus'' (Bengtsson, 1919)
*''Nigrobaetis niger
''Nigrobaetis'' is a genus of small minnow mayflies in the family Baetidae
Baetidae is a family of mayflies with about 1000 described species in 110 genera distributed worldwide. These are among the smallest of mayflies, adults rarely exceed ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1761)
*'' Procloeon bifidum'' (Bengtsson, 1912)
*'' Procloeon pennulatum'' (Eaton, 1870)
;Caenidae
*''Brachycercus harrisellus
''Brachycercus'' is a genus of small squaregilled mayflies in the family Caenidae. There are at least four described species in ''Brachycercus''.
Species
* '' Brachycercus berneri'' Soldán, 1986
* '' Brachycercus harrisella'' Curtis, 1834
* '' ...
'' Curtis, 1834
*''Caenis beskidensis
Antonia Caenis or Cenide, (died 74 AD) a former slave and secretary of Antonia Minor (mother of the emperor Claudius), was Roman emperor Vespasian's '' contubernalis''.
Life
It could be thought that she had family in Istria, now in Croatia, ...
'' Sowa, 1973
*''Caenis horaria
''Caenis horaria'' is a species of mayfly in the genus ''Caenis
Antonia Caenis or Cenide, (died 74 AD) a former slave and secretary of Antonia Minor (mother of the emperor Claudius), was Roman emperor Vespasian's '' contubernalis''.
Life
It ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
*''Caenis luctuosa
''Caenis luctuosa'' is a species of small squaregilled mayfly in the family Caenidae. It is found in Europe.
References
Mayflies
Articles created by Qbugbot
Insects described in 1839
Insects of Europe
Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister
'' (Burmeister, 1839)
*''Caenis macrura
Antonia Caenis or Cenide, (died 74 AD) a former slave and secretary of Antonia Minor (mother of the emperor Claudius), was Roman emperor Vespasian's '' contubernalis''.
Life
It could be thought that she had family in Istria, now in Croatia, ...
'' Stephens, 1835
*''Caenis pseudorivulorum
Antonia Caenis or Cenide, (died 74 AD) a former slave and secretary of Antonia Minor (mother of the emperor Claudius), was Roman emperor Vespasian's '' contubernalis''.
Life
It could be thought that she had family in Istria, now in Croatia, ...
'' Keffermüller, 1960
*''Caenis pusilla
Antonia Caenis or Cenide, (died 74 AD) a former slave and secretary of Antonia Minor (mother of the emperor Claudius), was Roman emperor Vespasian's '' contubernalis''.
Life
It could be thought that she had family in Istria, now in Croatia, ...
'' Navás, 1913
*''Caenis rivulorum
Antonia Caenis or Cenide, (died 74 AD) a former slave and secretary of Antonia Minor (mother of the emperor Claudius), was Roman emperor Vespasian's '' contubernalis''.
Life
It could be thought that she had family in Istria, now in Croatia, ...
'' Eaton, 1884
*''Caenis robusta
Antonia Caenis or Cenide, (died 74 AD) a former slave and secretary of Antonia Minor (mother of the emperor Claudius), was Roman emperor Vespasian's '' contubernalis''.
Life
It could be thought that she had family in Istria, now in Croatia, ...
'' Eaton, 1884
;Ephemeridae
*''Ephemera danica
''Ephemera danica'', the green drake or green drake mayfly, is a species of mayfly in the genus '' Ephemera''.
Description
''Ephemera danica'' can reach an imago size of in males, while females are larger, reaching . This mayfly, with its cha ...
'' Müller, 1764
*'' Ephemera lineata'' Eaton, 1870
*''Ephemera vulgata
''Ephemera vulgata'' is a species of mayfly in the genus '' Ephemera''. This mayfly breeds in stationary water in slow rivers and in ponds, the nymphs developing in the mud.
Description
''Ephemera vulgata'' can be told in both adult and subima ...
'' Linnaeus, 1758
;Ephemerellidae
*'' Ephemerella ignita'' (Poda, 1761)
*'' Ephemerella notata'' Eaton, 1887
;Heptageniidae
*''Ecdyonurus dispar
''Ecdyonurus'' is a genus of mayflies of the family Heptageniidae.
Species
These 66 species belong to the genus ''Ecdyonurus'':
* '' Ecdyonurus adjaricus''
* '' Ecdyonurus alpinus'' Hefti, Tomka & Zurwerra, 1987
* '' Ecdyonurus androsianus'' Br ...
'' (Curtis, 1834)
*'' Ecdyonurus insignis'' (Eaton, 1870)
*'' Ecdyonurus torrentis'' Kimmins, 1942
*''Ecdyonurus venosus
''Ecdyonurus'' is a genus of mayflies of the family Heptageniidae.
Species
These 66 species belong to the genus ''Ecdyonurus'':
* '' Ecdyonurus adjaricus''
* '' Ecdyonurus alpinus'' Hefti, Tomka & Zurwerra, 1987
* '' Ecdyonurus androsianus'' Br ...
'' (Fabricius, 1775)
*'' Electrogena affinis'' (Eaton, 1870)
*'' Electrogena lateralis'' (Curtis, 1834)
*'' Heptagenia longicauda'' (Stephens, 1835)
*'' Heptagenia sulphurea'' (Müller, 1764)
*'' Kageronia fuscogrisea'' (Retzius, 1783)
*''Rhithrogena germanica
''Rhithrogena germanica'' is a European species of mayfly, and is "probably the most famous of all British mayflies", because of its use in fly fishing. It is known in the British Isles as the March brown mayfly, a name which is used in the Unite ...
'' Eaton, 1870
*'' Rhithrogena semicolorata'' (Curtis, 1834)
;Leptophlebiidae
*'' Habrophlebia fusca'' (Curtis, 1834)
*''Leptophlebia marginata
''Leptophlebia marginata'', the sepia dun, is a species of mayfly in the family Leptophlebiidae. It is native to Europe and North America where it is distributed widely near lakes, ponds and slow-moving streams. The larvae, which are known as ny ...
'' (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
''Siphlonurus alternatus'' is a species of primitive minnow mayfly in the family Siphlonuridae
Siphlonuridae, also known as the primitive minnow mayfly is a family of insects belonging to the order Ephemeroptera.
Taxonomy
The family is divid ...
'' (Say, 1824)
*'' Siphlonurus armatus'' Eaton, 1870
*'' Siphlonurus lacustris'' Eaton, 1870
References
{{Fauna of Great Britain * Lists of insects in the British Isles