Alainites is a genus of Palaearctic and Oriental mayflies in the family Baetidae, erected by R.D. Waltz et al. in 1994.[2] About eight species are predominantly European, with A. muticus (Linnaeus, 1758) previously considered a species group of the genus Baetis (which was subsequently recognised as polyphyletic).[3] 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.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Ephemeroptera |
| Family: | Baetidae |
| Subfamily: | Baetinae |
| Genus: | Alainites Waltz et al., 1994 |
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Species edit
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility includes:[1]
- Alainites acutulus Tong & Dudgeon, 2000
- Alainites albinatii (Sartori & Thomas, 1989)
- Alainites atagonis (Imanishi, 1937)
- Alainites bengunn Yanai & Gattolliat, 2022
- Alainites chocoratus (Gose, 1980)
- Alainites clivosus (Chang & Yang, 1994)
- Alainites florens (Imanishi, 1937)
- Alainites gasithi Yanai & Gattolliat, 2022
- Alainites kars (Thomas & Kazanci, 1989)
- Alainites laetificus (Müller-Liebenau, 1984)
- Alainites lingulatus Tong & Dudgeon, 2000
- Alainites muticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Alainites navasi (Müller-Liebenau, 1974)
- Alainites oukaimeden (Thomas & Sartori, 1991)
- Alainites pascalae Gattolliat, 2011
- Alainites pekingensis (Ulmer, 1936)
- Alainites sacishimensis (Uéno, 1969)
- Alainites sadati Thomas, 1994
- Alainites siamensis Phlai-ngam, Tungpairojwong & Gattolliat, 2022
- Alainites talasi (Novikova & Kluge, 1994)
- Alainites yehi (Kang & Yang, 1994)
- Alainites yoshinensis (Gose, 1980)
References edit
- ^ a b c "Alainites". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ 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.
External links edit
Data related to Alainites at Wikispecies
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