Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Ephemeroptera - (Family) Ephemeridae

Original position

Neuroptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Ephemeridae (Family) (Latreille, 1810) Leach, 1815
Ephemerinae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1810

Subsequent entries

Ephemera vulgata Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Ephemerinae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1810

Ref: J. Hallan, 2003-present: 21 Feb 2007.

Alternative positions

Ephemeridae (Family) (Latreille, 1810) Leach, 1815	Ref: W.P. McCafferty & A.V. Provonsha, 1995-present: 22 Oct 2008.
Neuroptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 906.

Historical positions

Ephemerinae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1810	Ref: W.P. McCafferty, 1997: 95.
Ephemeroptera (Order) Hyatt & Arms, 1891	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 588. [rough position]
Ephemeridae (Family) (Latreille, 1810) Leach, 1815	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Neuroptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 359[539], 906.
Neuroptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 343, 546.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	14s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[6s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[6s]