A new species of the genus Alainites Waltz & McCafferty, 1994 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from the north of Morocco

By

Majida, El Alami
Vuataz, Laurent
El Yaagoubi, Sara
Gattolliat, Jean-Luc

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1176

Pages

221--241

Subjects

COI , endemics , Maghreb , Mayflies , Rif , systematics , West Palaearctic

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1176.107829

 

Abstract

A new species of Alainites is described from northern of Morocco Alainites albaisp. nov. It can be separated from the other west Palearctic species by the gill number, the spination of the distal margin of tergites, the leg setation, and the paraproct shape and spination. This species is widespread in the study area but never abundant. It prefers small to medium streams with slow flow, and does not seem to be very sensitive to pollution and water logging activities.