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

Zohar Yanai*, Pavel Sroka, Jean Luc Gattolliat

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)73-95
Number of pages23
JournalZooKeys
Volume2022
Issue number1118
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Funding

FundersFunder number
Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences60077344
Institute of Entomology
Israel Taxonomy Initiative
Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship
International Team for Implantology
Suomen Kardiologinen Seura

    Keywords

    • COI
    • Israel
    • Italy
    • Sardinia
    • West Palaearctic
    • mayfly
    • microendemics
    • systematics

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