Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Infraclass Pterygota > Order Ephemeroptera > Superfamily Ephemeropteroidea > Family Ephemeridae

Ephemera Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ephemera danica Müller, 1764
Ephemera glaucops Pictet, 1843
Ephemera hellenica Demoulin, 1955
Ephemera lineata Eaton, 1870
Ephemera parnassiana Demoulin, 1958
Ephemera vulgata Linnaeus, 1758
Ephemera zettana Kimmins, 1937

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.

basis of record

de Jong, Y.; Verbeek, M.; Michelsen, V.; Bjørn, P. D. P.; Los, W.; Steeman, F.; Bailly, N.; Basire, C.; Chylarecki, P.; Stloukal, E.; Hagedorn, G.; Wetzel, F.; Glöckler, F.; Kroupa, A.; Korb, G.; Hoffmann, A.; Häuser, C.; Kohlbecker, A.; Müller, A.; Güntsch, A.; Stoev, P.; Penev, L. (2014). Fauna Europaea – all European animal species on the web. Biodiversity Data Journal. 2: e4034.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Ephemera Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235815

Belfiore, Dr Carlo Thomas, Dr Alain. Ephemera Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d646b64c-728d-4ddb-8d01-984b23fef592

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235815
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:193088

Last modified

2006-12-20 by Belfiore, Dr Carlo Thomas, Dr Alain & by Edward Vanden Berghe

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