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

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

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1176.107829

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

Zookeys. 2023 Aug 29:1176:221-241. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1176.107829. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Majida El Alami¹, Laurent Vuataz^{2

3}, Sara El Yaagoubi¹, Jean-Luc Gattolliat^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Faculté des Sciences, Département de Biologie, Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Conservation de la Biodiversité (LESCB), Unité de Recherche Labellisée CNRST N°18. B.P.2121. Tétouan 93002, Morocco Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi Tétouan Morocco.
² Muséum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles, Département de Zoologie, Palais de Rumine, Place Riponne 6, CH-1005, Lausanne, Switzerland Muséum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles, Département de Zoologie Lausanne Switzerland.
³ University of Lausanne (UNIL), Department of Ecology and Evolution, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland University of Lausanne (UNIL) Lausanne Switzerland.

Abstract

A new species of Alainites is described from northern of Morocco Alainitesalbaisp. 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.

Keywords: COI; Maghreb; Rif; West Palaearctic; endemics; mayflies; systematics.

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