Alainites is a genus of Palaearctic and Oriental mayflies in the family Baetidae, erected by R.D. Waltz et al. in 1994. Waltz RD, McCafferty WP, Thomas A (1994) Systematics of Alainites n. gen., Diphetor, Indobaetis, Nigrobaetis n. stat., and Takobia n. stat. (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 130: 33-36. About eight species are predominantly European, with A. muticus previously considered a species group of the genus Baetis (which was subsequently recognised as polyphyletic).Yanai1 Z, Sroka P, Gattolliat J-L (2022) Two new species of Alainites (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot ZooKeys 1118: 73–95. The latter is sometimes called the "iron blue", although this name is used by anglers to include at least two species in the related genus Nigrobaetis and has a widespread distribution, including the British Isles.
Species The Global Biodiversity Information Facility includes:
Alainites acutulus Alainites albinatii Alainites atagonis Alainites bengunn Alainites chocoratus Alainites clivosus Alainites florens Alainites gasithi Alainites kars Alainites laetificus Alainites lingulatus Alainites muticus Alainites navasi Alainites oukaimeden Alainites pascalae Alainites pekingensis Alainites sacishimensis Alainites sadati Alainites siamensis Alainites talasi Alainites yehi Alainites yoshinensis
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