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List of mayflies of the British Isles

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This list of mayflies of the British Isles follows Macadam, with nomenclature and taxonomy according to Kluge. 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 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

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