Alainites is a genus of
Palaearctic and Oriental
mayflies in the family
Baetidae, erected by R.D. Waltz et al. in 1994.[2] About eight species are predominantly European, with A. muticus(Linnaeus, 1758) previously considered a species group of the genus Baetis (which was subsequently recognised as
polyphyletic).[3] 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.[1]
^ 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.
^Yanai1 Z, Sroka P, Gattolliat J-L (2022) Two new species of Alainites (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot ZooKeys 1118: 73–95.