Baetis Explained

Baetis is a genus of mayflies of the family Baetidae, known as the blue-winged olive to anglers. There are at least 150 described species in Baetis. They are distributed worldwide, with the most variety in North America and northern Europe.

Selected species

See main article: List of Baetis species. About 48 species occur in Europe including:^[1]

• Baetis alpinus
• Baetis atrebatinus
• Baetis bicaudatus
• Baetis buceratus
• Baetis cypronyx
• Baetis fuscatus - type species (as Ephemera fuscata)^[2]
• Baetis muticus
• Baetis niger
• Baetis rhodani
• Baetis scambus
• Baetis vernus

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Barber-James . Helen M.. Gattolliat . Jean-Luc. Sartori . Michel. Hubbard . Michael D.. 2008. Global diversity of mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Insecta) in freshwater. Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Springer. 595. 1. 339–350. 10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_37.
• 2018-04-28. Barber-James . H.. Sartori . M.. Gattolliat . J-L.. Webb . J.. 2013. World checklist of freshwater Ephemeroptera species. The Catalogue of Life Partnership . 10.15468/wrzznv .
• Book: Campbell . Ian C.. 1990. Mayflies and stoneflies: Life histories and biology. Springer. 978-94-010-7579-4. 10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3. 39201439.
• Edmunds Jr. . George F.. 1972. Biogeography and evolution of Ephemeroptera. Annual Review of Entomology. Annual Reviews. 17. 1. 21–42. 10.1146/annurev.en.17.010172.000321.
• Book: Kluge . Nikita. 2013. The phylogenetic system of Ephemeroptera. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-94-015-3942-5. 10.1007/978-94-007-0872-3. 39671739.
• Novikova . E.A.. Kluge . N. Yu.. 1987. Systematics of the Genus Baetis (Ephemeroptera, Baetinae) with Description of a New Species from Middle Asia. Vestnik Zoologii. 1987. 4. 8–19. 0084-5604.
• Walsh . Benjamin D.. 1862. List of the Pseudoneuroptera of Illinois contained in the Cabinet of the writer, with descriptions of over forty new species, and notes on their structural affinities. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14. 7–9. 361–402.

Notes and References

1. http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:193064 PESI portal: European fauna (retrieved 25 March 2024)
2. Leach WE (1815) Entomology [pp. 57-172]. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia; conducted by David Brewster, with the assistance of gentlemen eminent in science and literature 9(1): 1-384 (p. 137).