InvertebrateIreland Online
InvertebrateIreland Online
Below is the Full Taxonomic Checklist. It has been recently updated with taxonomic changes, additions and deletions. These lists include the following taxa — Phylum, Class, Order, Superfamily, Family, Subfamily, Genus, Subgenus, Species and Subspecies. As with full species we only list those taxa present in Ireland. At each level in the taxonomic tree, the taxa are listed alphabetically. So the Subfamilies (if any are recognised) are ordered alphabetically within a Family, Genera alphabetically within Subfamily and/or Family and so on down the taxonomic tree. The only exception is the ordering of the families which follows the latest systematic opinion.
Clicking on a species name will take you to a species page, with further information.
| Phylum | Arthropoda | |||
| Class | Insecta | |||
| Order | Ephemeroptera | |||
| Family |  Ecdyonurus dispar (Curtis, 1834) | Siphlonuridae | ||
| Genus | Ameletus | |||
| Species | Ameletus inopinatus Eaton, 1887 | |||
| Genus | Siphlonurus | |||
| Species | Siphlonurus alternatus (Say, 1824) | |||
| Species | Siphlonurus armatus Eaton, 1870 | |||
| Species | Siphlonurus lacustris Eaton, 1870 | |||
| Family |  Cloeon dipterum (Linnaeus, 1761) | Baetidae | ||
| Genus | Baetis | |||
| Species | Baetis atrebatinus Eaton, 1870 | |||
| Species | Baetis fusacatus (Linnaeus, 1761) | |||
| Species | Baetis muticus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Species | Baetis rhodani (Pictet, 1844) | |||
| Species | Baetis scambus Eaton, 1870 | |||
| Species | Baetis vernus Curtis, 1834 | |||
| Species | Baetis muticus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Genus | Centroptilum | |||
| Species | Centroptilum luteolum (Muller, 1776) | |||
| Genus | Cloeon | |||
| Species | Cloeon dipterum (Linnaeus, 1761) | |||
| Species | Cloeon simile Eaton, 1870 | |||
| Genus | Procloeon | |||
| Species | Procloeon bifidum (Bengttson, 1912) | |||
| Family |  Example of Family Heptageniidae | Heptageniidae | ||
| Genus | Ecdyonurus | |||
| Species | Ecdyonurus dispar (Curtis, 1834) | |||
| Species | Ecdyonurus insignis (Eaton, 1870) | |||
| Species | Ecdyonurus torrentis Kimmins, 1942 | |||
| Species | Ecdyonurus venosus (Fabricus, 1775) | |||
| Genus | Electrogena | |||
| Species | Electrogena lateralis (Curtis, 1834) | |||
| Genus | Heptagenia | |||
| Species | Heptagenia fuscogrisea (Retzius, 1783) | |||
| Species | Heptagenia sulphurea (Muller, 1776) | |||
| Genus | Rhithrogena | |||
| Species | Rhithrogena germanica Eaton, 1870 | |||
| Species | Rhithrogena semicolorata (Curtis, 1834) | |||
| Family |  Example of Family Leptophlebiidae | Leptophlebiidae | ||
| Genus | Leptophlebia | |||
| Species | Leptophlebia marginata (Linnaeus, 1767) | |||
| Species | Leptophlebia vespertina (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Genus | Paraleptophlebia | |||
| Species | Paraleptophlebia cincta (Retzius, 1783) | |||
| Species | Paraleptophlebia werneri Ulmer 1920 | |||
| Family |  Ephemerella ignita (Poda, 1761) | Ephemerelliidae | ||
| Genus | Ephemerella | |||
| Species | Ephemerella ignita (Poda, 1761) | |||
| Species | Ephemerella notata Eaton, 1887 | |||
| Family |  Example of Family Ephemeridae | Ephemeridae | ||
| Genus | Ephemera | |||
| Species | Ephemera danica Muller, 1764 | |||
| Species | Ephemera vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| Family |  Example of Family Caenidae | Caenidae | ||
| Genus | Caenis | |||
| Species | Caenis horaria (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Species | Caenis luctuosa (Burmeister, 1839) | |||
| Species | Caenis macrura Stephens, 1835 | |||
| Species | Caenis rivulorum Eaton, 1884 |