Baetis Leach, 1815

Yanai, Zohar, Gattolliat, Jean-Luc & Dorchin, Netta, 2018, Taxonomy of Baetis Leach in Israel (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae), ZooKeys 794, pp. 45-84 : 45

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.794.28214

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8B5352CF-CFBE-4A39-AFBB-E1430EC9E6E6

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/41B3D9F3-4344-CA31-9B34-E18CAD3D050E

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scientific name

Baetis Leach, 1815
status

 

Genus Baetis Leach, 1815 View in CoL View at ENA

Diagnosis.

The main diagnostic morphological characteristics of the genus pertain to nymphs and include the cylindrical body, two pairs of wing pads, absence of setae between prostheca and mola of both mandibles, simple stout prostheca on both mandibles, presence of femoral villopore, robust tarsal claws with a single row of denticles, gills consisting of a single lamella on abdominal segments I–VII, unmodified paraproct and three caudal filaments ( Bauernfeind and Soldán 2012). The present study is focused only on Baetis s.s. and the following descriptions include only nymphs.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Ephemeroptera

Family

Baetidae