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List of species belonging to genus Ecdyonurus Eaton, 1868 s.str.

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Haybach, A. & U. Jacob (2006): Two nomenclatural problems in European mayflies: Ephemera venosa Fabricius, 1775 and Ephemera cincta Retzius, 1783 with notes on the other types in the collection of Fabricius (Insecta: Ephemeroptera). - Lauterbornia 58 : 3-15, Dinkelscherben
(In German, Engl. Abstr.: Type revision of Ephemera venosa in Copenhagen !!!)

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Ecdyonurus venosus - group

- Ecdyonurus androsianus Braasch 1983 (L.T. Island Andros, Greece)
                                                     [orig. as subspecies of E. aurantiacus]
- Ecdyonurus angelieri Thomas 1968 (L. T.: The Pyrenées, France.)
- Ecdyonurus asiaeminoris Demoulin, 1973 (L.T. Hula Valley, Levant, Israel, north. tributaries to River Jordan)
- Ecdyonurus aurantiacus (Burmeister, 1839) (L.T. Halle a.d. Saale, Germany)
- Ecdyonurus autumnalis Braasch 1980 (L.T. Abfluss des Amtkel, Westkaukasus)
- Ecdyonurus baeticus Alba-Tercedor & Sowa, 2004 (T.T. Andalusia Spain)
- Ecdyonurus belfiorei Haybach & Thomas (2002) (T.T. Italy)
- Ecdyonurus bellieri (Hagen 1860) (T.T. Sizily)
- Ecdyonurus codinai Navás 1924 (L.T. Ciudad Real, Spain)
- Ecdyonurus corsicus Petersen 1912 (T.T. Corsica)
- Ecdyonurus cortensis Belfiore 1988 (1987 ?) (T.T. Corsica)
- Ecdyonurus dispar (Curtis, 1834) (T.T. England)
- Ecdyonurus forcipula (Pictet, 1843) (T.T. Austria)
- Ecdyonurus graecus Braasch 1984 (L.T. Kalamas western. Meraida, Greece)
- Ecdyonurus ifranensis Vitte & Thomas, 1988 (T.T. Marokko)
- Ecdyonurus insignis (Eaton 1870) (T.T. England)
- Ecdyonurus macani Thomas & Sowa 1970 (L.T. The Pyrenées, France)
- Ecdyonurus moreae Belfiore & Braasch 1986 (L.T. Peleponnes, Greece) In: Belfiore 1986
- Ecdyonurus olgae Alba-Tercedor & Sowa, 2004 (L.T. Spain, Sierra de Guadarrama, Rio Manzanares)
- Ecdyonurus ornatipennis Tshernova 1938 (L.T. “Nachichtschewansche ASSR”, Caucasus Mountains)
- Ecdyonurus puma Jacob & Braasch, 1986 (T.T. Youguslavia)
- Ecdyonurus rothschildi Navás 1929 (T.T. Algeria, Northern Africa)
- Ecdyonurus ruffii Grandi 1953 (L.T. Prov. Verona, Italy)
           = E. wautieri Fontaine 1964, (L.T. Rhône River, France)
- Ecdyonurus russevi Braasch & Soldán 1985 (L.T. Stranddha-Mountains, Bulgaria)
- Ecdyonurus starmachi Sowa 1971 (L.T.:  River Sanka, Carpathians, Poland)
- Ecdyonurus submontanus Landa 1969 (T.T. Tschech Republik)
- Ecdyonurus torrentis Kimmins 1942 (L.T. N. Lancs, England)
- Ecdyonurus venosus (Fabricius, 1775) (T.T. Denmark)
 

Ecdyonurus helveticus - Group

- Ecdyonurus alpinus Hefti, Tomka & Zurwerra, 1987
- Ecdyonurus austriacus Kimmins,1958
         - Ecdyonurus austriacus nataliae Godunko & Klonowska-Oljenik, 2004 (L. t. : Gorgany Mountains,                                                                                 Eastern Carpathians, Ukraine)
 - Ecdyonurus carpathicus carpathicus Sowa, 1973
         - Ecdyonurus carpathicus vitoshensis Jacob & Braasch, 1984
- Ecdyonurus epeorides Demoulin, 1955
- Ecdyonurus helveticus (Eaton, 1885)
- Ecdyonurus krueperi   (Stein, 1863)
               Ecdyonurus krueperi albanicus Puthz, 1980
- Ecdyonurus parahelveticus Hefti, Tomka & Zuwerra,1986
- Ecdyonurus picteti (Meyer-Dür, 1864)
- Ecdyonurus rizuni Godunko, Klonowska-Olejnik & Soldán, 2004
- Ecdyonurus siveci Jacob & Braasch, 1984
- Ecdyonurus subalpinus (Klapálek, 1907)
- Ecdyonurus zelleri (Eaton, 1885)

Alba-Tercedor J; Derka T. 2004. The status of knowledge of the genus Ecdyonurus in the Iberian Peninsula, with description of two new species of the E. venosus group from Spain (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae). Aquatic Insects 26:227-242.

Belfiore, C. (1986): Contribution to the Knowledge of the Heptageniidae of Greece, with a description of Ecdyonurus moreae sp.n. (Ephemeroptera).- Aquatic Insects 8(4): 191-195, Lisse.

Belfiore, C. (1987): A new species of Heptageniidae from Corsika: Ecdyonurus cortensis n. sp. (Ephemeroptera).- Boll. Mus. reg. Sci. nat. Torino 5(2): 625-630

Braasch, D. (1980): Neue Ecdyonurus-Arten (Heptageniidae, Ephemeroptera) aus dem Kaukasus und Transkaukasien (Sowjetunion) (3).- Entomologische Nachrichten 1980 (7): 103-110, Dresden

Braasch, D. (1983): Ecdyonurus aurantiacus androsianus n.subsp. von der griechischen Insel Andros (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae).- Reichenbachia 18: 117-120 Dresden

Braasch, D. (1984): Ecdyonurus graecus n.sp. aus Griechenland (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae). Entomologische Nachrichten 28: 11-12, Dresden.

Braasch, D., Soldán, T. (1985): Ein neuer Ecdyonurus der ruffii -Gruppe aus Bulgarien (Heptageniidae, Ephemeroptera).- Entomologische Nachrichten 29: 67-68, Dresden

Burmeister, H. (1839): Handbuch der Entomologie, II. Band, 2. Abt. Fam. Ephemerina. pp. 788-804 u. 1015

Curtis, J. (1834): Descriptions of some nondescribed British Species of May-flies of Anglers. Lond. Edinb. Phil. Mag. Ser 3, 4: 120-125

Demoulin, G. (1955): Mission E. Janssens et R. Tollet en Grèce (4.note) Ephemeroptera.- Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale d`Entomologie de Belgique 91: 38-44, Bruxelles.

Demoulin, G. (1973): Contribution à l`étude des Ephéméroptères d`Israèl. Introduction et I. Heptageniidae. Bulletin de l`Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 49(8): 1-19, Bruxelles.

Eaton, A.E. (1870): On some new British species of Ephemeridae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1870(1): 1-8, London.

Eaton, A.E. (1883 - 1888).- A revisional monograph of recent Ephemeridae or Mayflies.- Transactions of the Linnean Society. Zoology (2),3: 1-352, 65 T , Zool., London.

Fabricius, J.C. (1775): Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines,Genera, Species, adiecties Synonymis, Locis, Descriptonibus, Observationibus.- Flensburgi et Lipsiae p. 243

Fontaine, J. (1964): Ecdyonurus wautieri sp. n., espece nouvelle d'Heptageniidae  recontree dans la region Lyonaise. Bull. mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 33: 84-91

Godunko, R. & M. Klonowska-Oljenik (2004): Ecdyonurus austriacus nataliae n. ssp., a  new subspecies of the Ecdyonurus helveticus-group from Ukraine (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae). Genus 15(1): 13-24, Wroclaw.

Godunko, R., Klonowska-Olejnik, M. & Soldán, T. (2004): Ecdyonurus rizuni sp. nov.  (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) from the eastern Carpathians. Annales Zoologici 54 (3): 519-524, Warsawa.

Grandi, M. (1953): Contributi allo studio degli Efemeroidei italiani.- Boll. Entom. Bologna 19: 307-385: only pp 307, 335-337

Hagen, H.A. (1860): Examen des Névroptères (Non Odonates) Recueilles en Sizile par M.E. Bellier de la Chevignerie.- Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 8: 746-748, Paris.

Haybach, A. & A. Thomas (2002): Ecdyonurus belfiorei nov. sp. from Italy, with a note on E. aurantiacus androsianus Braasch, 1983 (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae). Ephemera 2(2): 79-91, Le Chesnay, France.

Hefti, D., Tomka, I. & A. Zurwerra (1986): Ecdyonurus parahelveticus n.spec., a new species belonging to the Ecdyonurus helveticus-group (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 59: 369-77, Lausanne

Hefti, D., Tomka, I. & A. Zurwerra  (1987): Notes on mayfly species belonging to the Ecdyonurus helveticus-group (Heptageniidae, Ephemeroptera) and the description of E. alpinus sp. nov. - Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 60(1-2): 167-179, Lausanne.

Jacob, U. &  Braasch, D. (1984): Neue und statusrevidierte Taxa der Ecdyonurus helveticus- Großgruppe (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae). Entomol. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 48(1): 53-61

Jacob, U., Braasch, D. (1986): Ecdyonurus puma sp.n. aus Montenegro (Jugoslawien) (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae). Reichenbachia 23(31): 177-180, Dresden

Kimmins, D. E. (1942): The British Species of the Genus Ecdyonurus (Ephemeroptera).- Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11) 9: 486-507, London.

Kimmins, D.E. (1958): The Ecdyonurus helveticus (EATON) Complex (Ephemeroptera).- Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 62: 225-232, Wien.

Klapálek, F. (1907): Prispevek k znalosti zvireny chrostiku a jepic Vych. Karpat. (Additamentum ad Trichopterum ac Ephemeridorum in Karpathibus Orientalibus faunae cognitionem).- Casopis Ceskoslovenske Spolecnosti Entomologicke 4: 24-36, Praha

Landa, V. (1969):  Jepice - Ephemeroptera. Fauna CSSR, Praha 18: 1-349

Landa, V. (1970): Ecdyonurus submontanus, Heptagenia quadrilineata, Rhitrogena hercynia - new species of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of the family Heptageniidae from Czescoslovakia.- Acta entomologica Bohemoslovaca 67: 13-20, Praha.

Meyer-Dür, H. (1864): Zusammenstellung der auf meiner Reise durch Tessin und Ober-Engadin (1863) beobachteten und eingesammelten Neuropteren.- Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 1864: 219-225, Lausanne.

Navás, L. (1924): Insectes de l`excursio di Ascensi Codina a Castella i Andalusia al Juny de 1923.- Trab. Mus. Cienc. Nat. Barcelona 4(11): 1-10

Navás, L. (1929): Insectes névroptères et voisins de Barbarie.- Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 20: 57-60 Algiers, Algier.

Petersen, E. (1912): Addition to the knowledge of the Neuropterous insect fauna of Corsica. I. Entomologiske meddelelser 4: 348-353, Kobenhavn.

Pictet, F.J. (1843): Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Insectes Névroptères - Famille des Ephémérines.- 319 S., 47 T. (1845) Genève/Paris: Kessmann & Cherbuliez

Puthz, V. (1980): Ergebnisse der Albanien-Expedition 1961 des Deutschen  Entomologischen Instituts.- 94. Beitrag: Ephemeroptera.- Beitr. Entomol. 30(2): 343-355;Berlin

Sowa, R. (1971): Ecdyonurus starmachi sp.n. et E. submontanus Landa des Carpates polonaises (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des  Sciences, Série des sciences biologiques Cl. II 19(6): 407-412, Warszawa.

Sowa, R. (1973): Taxonomie and ecologie d'Ecdyonurus carpathicus sp. n. des Carpathes polonaises (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae). Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences, Série des sciences biologiques Cl. II 2(21): 285-289, Warszawa.

Stein, J.F. (1863): Beitrag zur Neuropteren-Fauna Griechenlands (mit Beruecksichtigung dalmatinischer Arten). Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 7: 411-422, Berlin.

Thomas, A. (1968): Sur la taxonomie de quelques espéces d'Ecdyonurus du Sud-Ouest de  la France (Ephemeroptera). Annls Limnol. 4(1): 51-71, Paris.

Thomas, A.G.B. & Sowa, R. (1970): Ecdyonurus macani n.sp.; espéce européenne voisine d'E. torrentis Kimmins (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae).- Annls Limnol. 6: 75-85, Paris.

Tshernova, O. A. (1938): [Zur Kenntnis der Ephemeropteren Ost- Transkaukasien] (Russisch, deutsche Zusammenfassung, mit Beschreibungen).- Trudy Azerbajdshanskogo Filiala AN SSSR, Baku 7 (42): 55-64, Baku.

Vitte, B. & A.G.B. Thomas (1988): Compléments à la faune des Ephéméroptères d`Afrique du Nord 3. Ecdyonurus ifranensis n.sp. du Moyen Atlas marocain (Ephemeroptera).- Annls Limnol. 24 (3): 269-273, Paris.

further keys and descriptions:
Besides the valuable descriptions given in the original descriptions there are several other keys to larval or imaginal stages in Ecdyonurus, published mainly in context of revision of special faunas of European countries, more rarely in context of revisionary work. Some of them, that are available for me, are presented here:

BAUERNFEIND, E. (1997): Discriminating Characters in Central European Species of Ecdyonurus Eaton. S. 418-426. In: Proc. 8. Int. Conf. on Eph., 12. Int. Symp. on  Plec., Landolt, P. & M. Sartori (eds.) 569 S., Mauron+Tinguely & Lachat SA, Moncor, Fribourg/Switzerland.

BELFIORE, C. (1987): Taxonomy of Ecdyonurus corsicus Esben-Petersen, 1912, with some remarks on diagnostic features of the nymphs of the genus Ecdyonurus (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae).-. Fragmenta Entomologica 19(2): 293-299, Roma.

BELFIORE, C., BUFFAGNI, A. (1994): Revision of the Italian species of the Ecdyonurus helveticus-group: taxonomy of the nymphs (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae).- Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 67: 143-149, Lausanne.

Haybach, A. & A. Thomas (2000): Rediscovery of Ecdyonurus codinai Navás,  1924 in Portugal [Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae].- EPHEMERA, 1999, 1 (2): 79-84, le Chesnay

Haybach, A.(1999): Contribution to larval taxonomy of Ecdyonurus venosus - group in Germany (in German, Engl. sum.  ) - Lauterbornia 37: 113-150, Dinkelscherben

Hefti, D., Tomka, I. (1988): Contribution to the taxonomy of Est-European [sic]  species of the Ecdyonurus helveticus-group (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae).-Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 61: 329-337, Lausanne.

Thomas, A. (1968b): Quelques Ecdyonurus et Rhithrogena européens de la collection Navás (Ephemeroptera). Annls Limnol. 4(2): 209-218, Paris

Thomas, A.G.B. & Dakki, M. (1979): Ephéméroptères d`Afrique du Nord: 1. Ecdyonurus rothschildi Navas, 1929. Description des imagos. Annls Limnol. 14(3): 197-201, Paris.

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