Ephemera danica Muller, 1764
(Green Drake)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEphemera danica (Green Drake)
GenusEphemera (Zoo.) (a genus of mayflies)
FamilyEPHEMERIDAE (a family of mayflies)
OrderEPHEMEROPTERA (mayflies, upwinged flies)
InfraclassPalaeoptera (dragonflies, damselflies and mayflies)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ephemera danica (Green Drake) :
1: Ephemera danica (Green Drake)
26 May 2018 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, at fluorescent light sheet
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - white backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - white backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Wings - enlarged - white background
2: Ephemera danica (Green Drake) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
30 May 2005 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Teneral imago
Image 1: Abdomen - latero-dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Abdomen - latero-dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 3: Dorsal viewImage 4: Dorsal view (2)Image 5: Lateral viewImage 6: Lateral view (2)Image 7: Lateral view (3)Image 8: Lateral view (4)Image 9: Lateral view - close-upImage 10: Lateral view - close-up (2)Image 11: Lateral view - close-up (3)Image 12: Lateral view - close-up (4)Image 13: Abdomen - dorso-lateral - close-up - enlargedImage 14: Abdomen - dorso-lateral - close-up - enlarged (2)
3: Ephemera danica (Green Drake)
19 May 2004 OSGR: SX47 50° 30’ N, 4° 10’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
on Bramble leaf in hedge
Image 1: In situ - side viewImage 2: In situ - side view (2)Image 3: In situ - side view (3)Image 4: In situ - side view (4)Image 5: In situ - side view - close-upImage 6: In situ - side view - close-up (2)Image 7: Dorsal - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Lateral - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Ventral - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Ventral - enlarged
4: Ephemera danica (Green Drake)
30 May 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Lateral viewImage 3: Ventral view

Ephemera danica (Green Drake) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ephemera danica (Green Drake)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ephemera danica (Green Drake)
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