Yeah on my Debian 8 ‘oldoldstable’ I also introduced the rules ‘by hand’. 
Thanks to Yubico, nowadays ~# apt install libu2f-udev is enough on Debian and its derivatives (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc.) with UDEV 188 and newer.
Almost all known U2F devices are included.
GitHub 70-u2f.rules
Using-Your-U2F-OnlyKey-with-Linux