EPHEMEROPTERA
(mayflies, upwinged flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
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Family 1 subtaxa 34 images
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Family 4 subtaxa 9 images 2 ident. refs
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Family 1 subtaxa 18 images
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Family 4 subtaxa 75 images
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Family 2 subtaxa 13 images 1 ident. refs
Family 1 subtaxa 9 images
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Genus 1 subtaxa 9 images
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Unidentified 3 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Elliot, J.M. & Humpsch, U.H. 1980 Eggs of Ephemeroptera
Elliott, J.M. & Humpesch, U.H. 1983 A Key to the Adults of the British Ephemeroptera with notes on their ecology Scientific Publications, No. 47, 101pp, Freshwater Biological Association
Harker, J. 1989 Mayflies Naturalists' Handbooks, 13, 56pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Kimmins, D.E. 1950 *** Ephemeroptera ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, I Part 9, 18pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
() Macadam, C. & Bennett, C. 2010 A Pictorial Guide to the British Ephemeroptera AIDGAP guides, 110pp, Field Studies Council
Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books

Freshwater

Greenhalgh, M. & Ovenden, D. 2007 Freshwater Life of Britain and Northern Europe Collins Pocket Guides, 256pp, Collins

Nymphs

Elliott, J.M., Humpesch, U.H. & Macan, T.T. 1988 Larvae of British Ephemeroptera: a key with ecological notes Scientific Publications, No. 49, 145pp, Freshwater Biological Association
FBA Key to Larvae of British Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)
Harker, J. 1989 Mayflies Naturalists' Handbooks, 13, 56pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
() Macadam, C. & Bennett, C. 2010 A Pictorial Guide to the British Ephemeroptera AIDGAP guides, 110pp, Field Studies Council
MacAdam, C. 2007 Module 4: advanced identification of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) and stoneflies (Plecoptera) https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course
Macan, T.T. 1961 *** A Key to the Nymphs of the British Species of Ephemeroptera ***(Superseded) Scientific Publications, 20, 64pp, Freshwater Biological Association
Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books

EPHEMEROPTERA (mayflies, upwinged flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for EPHEMEROPTERA (mayflies, upwinged flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for EPHEMEROPTERA (mayflies, upwinged flies)
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