List of mayflies of the British Isles explained

This list of mayflies of 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

Species

The following genera and species have been recorded: from ten families.

Ameletidae

• Ameletus Eaton, 1865
  • Ameletus inopinatus Eaton, 1887

Arthropleidae

• Arthroplea Bengtsson, 1908
  • Arthroplea congener Bengtsson, 1908

Baetidae

• Alainites Waltz et al., 1994
  • Alainites muticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Baetis Leach, 1815
  • Baetis buceratus Eaton, 1870
  • Baetis fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Baetis rhodani (Pictet, 1843)
  • Baetis scambus Eaton, 1870
  • Baetis vernus Curtis, 1834
• Centroptilum Eaton, 1869
  • Centroptilum luteolum (Muller, 1776)
• Cloeon Leach, 1815
  • Cloeon dipterum (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Cloeon simile Eaton, 1870
• Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge, 1987
  • Labiobaetis atrebatinus (Eaton, 1870)
• Nigrobaetis Novikova & Kluge, 1987
  • Nigrobaetis digitatus (Bengtsson, 1919)
  • Nigrobaetis niger (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Procloeon Bengtsson, 1915
  • Procloeon bifidum (Bengtsson, 1912)
  • Procloeon pennulatum (Eaton, 1870)

Caenidae

• Brachycercus Stephens, 1835
  • Brachycercus harrisella Curtis, 1834
• Caenis 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

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

Ephemerellidae

• Serratella Edmunds, 1959
  • Serratella ignita (Poda, 1761)
• Ephemerella Walsh, 1862
  • Ephemerella notata Eaton, 1887

Heptageniidae

• Ecdyonurus Eaton, 1868
  • 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 Walsh, 1863
  • Heptagenia longicauda (Stephens, 1835)
  • Heptagenia sulphurea (Müller, 1764)
• Kageronia Matsumura, 1931
  • Kageronia fuscogrisea (Retzius, 1783)
• Rhithrogena Eaton, 1881
  • Rhithrogena germanica Eaton, 1870
  • Rhithrogena semicolorata (Curtis, 1834)

Leptophlebiidae

• Habrophlebia Eaton, 1881
  • Habrophlebia fusca (Curtis, 1834)
• Leptophlebia Westwood, 1840
  • Leptophlebia marginata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Leptophlebia vespertina (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Paraleptophlebia Lestage, 1917
  • Paraleptophlebia cincta (Retzius, 1783)
  • Paraleptophlebia submarginata (Stephens, 1835)
  • Paraleptophlebia werneri Ulmer, 1920

Potamanthidae

• Potamanthus Pictet, 1845
  • Potamanthus luteus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Siphlonuridae

• Siphlonurus Eaton, 1868
  • Siphlonurus alternatus (Say, 1824)
  • Siphlonurus armatus Eaton, 1870
  • Siphlonurus lacustris Eaton, 1870

Notes and References

1. Craig . Macadam . 2003 . Salmo Trutta . 6 . 64–67 . In the Month of Mayfly . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727220718/http://www.riverflies.org/index/riverflies/ephemeroptera/contentParagraph/05/document/In_The_Month_of_Mayfly.pdf . 2011-07-27 .
2. Web site: Index of supra-species taxa names . Ephemeroptera of the World . June 3, 2010 . June 11, 2010 . Nikita Julievich . Kluge . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100429175542/http://www.insecta.bio.pu.ru/z/Eph-spp/ind-genn.htm . April 29, 2010 . dead .