BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

EPHEMEROPTERA (mayflies, upwinged flies)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Ephemeroptera Imago 21 May 1977 Surrey England 3

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Family BAETIDAE (a family of mayflies) 1      
Species Cloeon dipterum (Linnaeus, 1761) (a mayfly)   1 22 11
Family CAENIDAE (a family of mayflies) 1      
Genus Caenis (a genus of mayflies) 1 6 3  
Family EPHEMERELLIDAE (a family of mayflies) 1      
Species Serratella ignita (Poda 1761) (a mayfly)   10 8  
Family EPHEMERIDAE (a family of mayflies) 3      
Genus Ephemera (a genus of mayflies) 3 37 32  
Family HEPTAGENIIDAE (a family of mayflies) 1      
Genus Ecdyonurus (a genus of mayflies)   13    
Family LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE (a family of mayflies) 1      
Genus Paraleptophlebia (a genus of mayflies) 1 3 6  

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Elliot, J.M. & Humpesch, U.H., 1983 A Key to the Adults of the British Ephemeroptera with notes on their ecology
Elliot, J.M., Humpesch, U.H. & Macan, T.T., 1988 Larvae of British Ephemeroptera: a key with ecological notes
Greenhalgh, M. & Ovenden, D., 2007 Freshwater Life of Britain and Northern Europe
Harker, J., 1989 Mayflies
Kimmins, D.E., 1950 Ephemeroptera
Macan, T.T., 1961 A Key to the Nymphs of the British Species of Ephemeroptera

EPHEMEROPTERA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with EPHEMEROPTERA:

is taken to the nest of female Crossocerus walkeri - a digger wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Ephemeroptera may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)

References

Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

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