Published December 12, 2023 | Version v1
Journal article Open

First record of the genus Alainites Waltz & McCafferty, 1994 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from India with the description of a new species from the North-western Himalayas

  • 1. PG Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir-180006, India.
  • 2. PG & Research Department of Zoology, The American College, Madurai-625002, India.
  • 3. Department of Zoology, Fatima College, Madurai-625018, India.
  • 4. Muséum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles, Département de Zoologie, Palais de Rumine, Place Riponne 6, CH-1005, Lausanne, Switzerland. & University of Lausanne (UNIL), Department of Ecology and Evolution, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • 5. Institute of Mountain Environment, Bhaderwah campus, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir-182222, India.

Description

Sohil, Asha, Srinivasan, Pandiarajan, Sivaruban, T., Barathy, S., Gattolliat, Jean-Luc, Sharma, Neeraj (2023): First record of the genus Alainites Waltz & McCafferty, 1994 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from India with the description of a new species from the North-western Himalayas. European Journal of Taxonomy 910: 161-174, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.910.2367, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2367/10371

Files

source.pdf

Files (11.6 MB)

Name Size Download all
md5:a0cf945db61f2a3163dbd5f9de1a041b
11.6 MB Preview Download

Linked records

Additional details

References

  • Fujitani T., Kobayashi N., Hirowatari T. & Tanida K. 2017. Morphological description of four species belonging to the genus Nigrobaetis (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Japan. Limnology 18: 315-331. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10201-016-0509-4
  • Gattolliat J.-L. 2011. A new species of Alainites (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Borneo (East Kalimantan, Indonesia). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft / Bulletin de la Societe entomologique suisse 84: 185-192.
  • Gose K. 1980. The mayflies of Japanese. Key to families, genera and species. Aquabiology 2: 76-79. [In Japanese.]
  • Gui H. & Lu L. 1999. A new species of the genus Baetis from China (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 42: 297-299. [In Chinese.]
  • Imanishi K. 1937. Mayflies from Japanese torrents. VIII. Notes on the genera Paraleptophlebia and Baetis. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 16 (4): 330-339.
  • Kang S.C., Chang H.C. & Yang C.T. 1994. A revision of the genus Baetis in Taiwan (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae). Journal of Taiwan Museum 47: 9-44.
  • Kazanci N. & Thomas A.G.B. 1989. Complements et corrections a la fauna des Ephemeropteres du Proche-Orient: 2. Baetis kars n. sp. de Turquie (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae). Bulletin de la Societe entomologique suisse 62: 323-327.
  • Kluge N.J. 2020. Review of Oculogaster Kluge 2016 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae, Procloeon Bengtsson 1915). Zootaxa 4820 (3): 401-437. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4820.3.1
  • Kluge N.J. & Novikova E.A. 2014. Systematics of Indobaetis Muller-Liebenau & Morihara 1982, and related implications for some other Baetidae genera (Ephemeroptera). Zootaxa 3835 (2): 209-236. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3835.2.3
  • Kluge N.J. & Suttinun C. 2020. Review of the Oriental genus Indocloeon Muller-Liebenau 1982 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 4779 (4): 451-484. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4779.4.1
  • Kubendran T., Vasanth M., Subramanian K.A., Jabeen F., Sivaramakrishnan K.G. & Mitra P. 2021. A new species and new record of the genus Platybaetis Muller-Liebenau, 1980 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Eastern Himalaya, India. Zootaxa 5047: 575-582. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5047.5.7
  • Linnaeus C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Ed. 10. Vol. 1. Typis Ioannis Thomae, Vienna [Vindobonae]. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542
  • Muller-Liebenau I. 1969. Revision der europaischen Arten der Gattung Baetis Leach, 1815 (Insecta, Ephemeroptera). Gewasser und Abwasser 48/49: 1-214.
  • Muller-Liebenau I. 1974 Baetidae aus Sudfrankreich, Spanien und Portugal (Insecta, Ephemeroptera). Gewasser und Abwasser 53/54: 7-42.
  • Muller-Liebenau I. 1984 New genera and species of the family Baetidae from West Malaysia (River Gombak) (Insecta: Ephemeroptera). Spixiana 7: 253-284.
  • Novikova E.A. & Kluge N.J. 1987. Systematics of the genus Baetis (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae), with description of new species from Middle Asia. Vestnik Zoologii 1987: 8-19. [in Russian.]
  • Novikova E.A. & Kluge N.J. 1994. Mayflies of the subgenus Nigrobaetis (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae, Baetis). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 73: 623-644. [in Russian.]
  • Phlai-ngam S., Tungpairojwong N. & Gattolliat J.-L. 2022 A new species of Alainites (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from Thailand. Alpine Entomology 6: 133-473. https://doi.org/10.3897/alpento.6.96284
  • Sartori M. & Thomas A.G.B. 1989. Contribution a la connaissance du genre Baetis Leach, 1815 en Corse (Ephemeroptera; Baetidae). B. albinatii nov. sp. du groupe muticus (L.). Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology 25 (2): 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/1989013
  • Selvakumar C., Subramanian K.A. & Sivaramakrishnan K.G. 2019. Mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera). In: Ramani S., Mohanraj P. & Yeshwanth H.M. (eds) Indian Insects: Diversity and Science: 7-28. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429061400-2
  • Sivaruban T., Srinivasan P., Barathy S., Isack R. & Kluge N.J. 2022. First report of Cheleocloeon Wuillot & Gillies 1993 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from the Oriental Region. Zootaxa 5209 (3): 339- 352. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5209.3.3
  • Srinivasan P., Sohil A., Sivaruban T., Barathy S. & Sharma N. 2023. First record of the nominotypical subgenus Acentrella Bengtsson, 1912 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from India with description of a new species. Aquatic Insects 44 (3): 171-181. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2022.2152463
  • Sroka P., Yanai Z., Palatov D. & Gattolliat J.-L. 2021. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Takobia Novikova & Kluge, 1987 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) in Central Asia. ZooKeys 1071: 127-154. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1071.71582
  • Thomas A. & Gagneur J. 1994. Complements et corrections a la faune des Ephemeropteres d'Afrique du Nord. 6. Alainites sadati n. sp. d'Algerie (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae). Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire naturelle de Toulouse 130: 43-45.
  • Thomas A., Bouzidi A., Sartori M., Assef S. & Ajakane A. 1992. Complements et corrections a la faune des ephemeropteres d'Afrique du Nord. 5. Baetis oukaimeden n. sp. du Haut Atlas marocain: description et ecologie (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae). Bulletin de la Societe entomologique suisse 65: 369-377. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-402495
  • Tong X. & Dudgeon D. 2000. Two new species of Alainites (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Hong Kong, China. Pan-Pacific Entomology 76: 115-120.
  • Waltz R.D. & McCafferty W.P. 1997. New generic synonymies in Baetidae (Ephemeroptera). Entomological News 108: 134-140.
  • Waltz R.D., McCafferty W.P. & Thomas A. 1994. Systematics of Alainites n. gen., Diphetor, Indobaetis, Nigrobaetis n. stat., and Takobia n. stat. (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae). Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire naturelle de Toulouse 130: 33-36.
  • Yanai Z.,Sroka P.&Gattolliat J.-L. 2022.Two new species of Alainites (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)from the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot. ZooKeys 1118: 73-95. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1118.84643
  • Zrelli S., Gattolliat J.-L., Boumaiza M. & Thomas A. 2012. First record of Alainites sadati Thomas, 1994 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in Tunisia, description of the larval stage and ecology. Zootaxa 3497 (1): 60-68. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3497.1.6