Two new species of Alainites (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot

Zohar Yanai; Pavel Sroka; Jean Luc Gattolliat

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1118.84643

Two new species of Alainites (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot

Zohar Yanai^*, Pavel Sroka, Jean Luc Gattolliat

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The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History

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Abstract

The mayfly genus Alainites Waltz & McCafferty, 1994 encompassed 20 species and was represented across the West Palaearctic region by six species. Based on morphological (nymphal characters) and molecular (mitochondrial COI sequences) evidence, two new species are described: A. bengunn sp. nov. from Sardinia and A. gasithi sp. nov. from Israel. Both species are confined to narrow distribution ranges, in line with most of their congeners from the region. The key nymphal traits are discussed and identified to distinguish species in the group.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	73-95
Number of pages	23
Journal	ZooKeys
Volume	2022
Issue number	1118
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1118.84643
State	Published - 2022

Keywords

COI
Israel
Italy
Sardinia
West Palaearctic
mayfly
microendemics
systematics

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Two new species of Alainites (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot

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