List of mayflies of the British Isles

This list of the mayflies recorded in 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, distributed among ten families.


 * Ameletidae
 * Ameletus inopinatus Eaton, 1887


 * Arthropleidae
 * Arthroplea congener Bengtsson, 1908


 * Baetidae


 * Alainites muticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Baetis buceratus Eaton, 1870
 * Baetis fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1761)
 * Baetis rhodani (Pictet, 1843)
 * Baetis scambus Eaton, 1870
 * Baetis vernus Curtis, 1834
 * Centroptilum luteolum (Muller, 1776)
 * Cloeon dipterum (Linnaeus, 1761)
 * Cloeon simile Eaton, 1870
 * Labiobaetis atrebatinus (Eaton, 1870)
 * Nigrobaetis digitatus (Bengtsson, 1919)
 * Nigrobaetis niger (Linnaeus, 1761)
 * Procloeon bifidum (Bengtsson, 1912)
 * Procloeon pennulatum (Eaton, 1870)


 * Caenidae
 * Brachycercus harrisella 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 danica Müller, 1764
 * Ephemera lineata Eaton, 1870
 * Ephemera vulgata Linnaeus, 1758


 * Ephemerellidae
 * Seratella ignita (Poda, 1761)
 * Ephemerella notata Eaton, 1887


 * Heptageniidae
 * 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 longicauda (Stephens, 1835)
 * Heptagenia sulphurea (Müller, 1764)
 * Kageronia fuscogrisea (Retzius, 1783)
 * Rhithrogena germanica Eaton, 1870
 * Rhithrogena semicolorata (Curtis, 1834)


 * Leptophlebiidae
 * Habrophlebia fusca (Curtis, 1834)
 * Leptophlebia marginata (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Leptophlebia vespertina (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Paraleptophlebia cincta (Retzius, 1783)
 * Paraleptophlebia submarginata (Stephens, 1835)
 * Paraleptophlebia werneri Ulmer, 1920


 * Potamanthidae
 * Potamanthus luteus (Linnaeus, 1767)


 * Siphlonuridae
 * Siphlonurus alternatus (Say, 1824)
 * Siphlonurus armatus Eaton, 1870
 * Siphlonurus lacustris Eaton, 1870