Alainites Explained
Alainites is a genus of Palaearctic and Oriental mayflies in the family Baetidae, erected by R.D. Waltz et al. in 1994.[1] About eight species are predominantly European, with A. muticus previously considered a species group of the genus Baetis (which was subsequently recognised as polyphyletic).[2] The latter is sometimes called the "iron blue", although this name is used by anglers to include at least two species in the related genus Nigrobaetis and has a widespread distribution, including the British Isles.
Species
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility includes:
- Alainites acutulus
- Alainites albinatii
- Alainites atagonis
- Alainites bengunn
- Alainites chocoratus
- Alainites clivosus
- Alainites florens
- Alainites gasithi
- Alainites kars
- Alainites laetificus
- Alainites lingulatus
- Alainites muticus
- Alainites navasi
- Alainites oukaimeden
- Alainites pascalae
- Alainites pekingensis
- Alainites sacishimensis
- Alainites sadati
- Alainites siamensis
- Alainites talasi
- Alainites yehi
- Alainites yoshinensis
Notes and References
- Waltz RD, McCafferty WP, Thomas A (1994) Systematics of Alainites n. gen., Diphetor, Indobaetis, Nigrobaetis n. stat., and Takobia n. stat. (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 130: 33-36.
- Yanai1 Z, Sroka P, Gattolliat J-L (2022) Two new species of Alainites (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot ZooKeys 1118: 73–95.
