A new species of the Baetis fuscatus group (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from Morocco

By

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

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1180

Pages

27--50

Subjects

COI , Maghreb , Mayflies , Morphology , Rif , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1180.109298

 

Abstract

Baetis rifensissp. nov. is the first representative of the Baetis fuscatus group to be described from the Maghreb. It was collected from streams in the Rif region of northern Morocco. All species of the B. fuscatus group are morphologically very similar, with slight differences in colour. Thus, in addition to morphological description, species delimitation based on genetic evidence was carried out. The new species was compared with other members of the B. fuscatus group from the Palaearctic region.