Baetis is a genus of mayflies of the family Baetidae, known as the blue-winged olive to anglers. There are at least 150 described species in Baetis.[1][2][3][4] They are distributed worldwide, with the most variety in North America and northern Europe.[5]
| Baetis | |
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| Baetis intercalaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Ephemeroptera |
| Family: | Baetidae |
| Subfamily: | Baetinae |
| Genus: | Baetis Leach, 1815 |
| Diversity | |
| at least 150 species | |
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Selected species edit
About 48 species occur in Europe including:[6]
- Baetis alpinus (Pictet, 1843)
- Baetis atrebatinus Eaton, 1870
- Baetis bicaudatus Dodds, 1923
- Baetis buceratus Eaton, 1870
- Baetis cypronyx Godunko, Soldán & Staniczek, 2017
- Baetis fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1761) - type species (as Ephemera fuscata Linnaeus, 1761)[7]
- Baetis muticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Baetis niger (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Baetis rhodani (Pictet, 1843)
- Baetis scambus Eaton, 1870
- Baetis vernus Curtis, 1834
References edit
- ^ "Baetis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ "Browse Baetis". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ "Baetis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ "Mayfly Central". Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ "Baetis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ PESI portal: European fauna (retrieved 25 March 2024)
- ^ Leach WE (1815) Entomology [pp. 57-172]. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia; conducted by David Brewster, with the assistance of gentlemen eminent in science and literature 9(1): 1-384 (p. 137).
Further reading edit
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Barber-James, Helen M.; Gattolliat, Jean-Luc; Sartori, Michel; Hubbard, Michael D. (2008). "Global diversity of mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Insecta) in freshwater". Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. 595 (1). Springer: 339–350. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_37.
- Barber-James, H.; Sartori, M.; Gattolliat, J-L.; Webb, J. (2013). "World checklist of freshwater Ephemeroptera species". The Catalogue of Life Partnership. doi:10.15468/wrzznv. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Campbell, Ian C., ed. (1990). Mayflies and stoneflies: Life histories and biology. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3. ISBN 978-94-010-7579-4. S2CID 39201439.
- Edmunds Jr., George F. (1972). "Biogeography and evolution of Ephemeroptera". Annual Review of Entomology. 17 (1). Annual Reviews: 21–42. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.17.010172.000321.
- Kluge, Nikita (2013). The phylogenetic system of Ephemeroptera. Springer Science & Business Media. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0872-3. ISBN 978-94-015-3942-5. S2CID 39671739.
- Novikova, E.A.; Kluge, N. Yu. (1987). "Systematics of the Genus Baetis (Ephemeroptera, Baetinae) with Description of a New Species from Middle Asia". Vestnik Zoologii. 1987 (4): 8–19. ISSN 0084-5604.
- Walsh, Benjamin D. (1862). "List of the Pseudoneuroptera of Illinois contained in the Cabinet of the writer, with descriptions of over forty new species, and notes on their structural affinities". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14 (7–9): 361–402.
