Table 1 in Two new species of Alainites (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot

Table 1. Diagnostic characters of West Palaearctic Alainites species.
SpeciesDistributionLeft mandible: margin between prostheca and molaMandible lateral sideFore-femur dorsal margin: number of spinesFore-tibia dorsal margin: number of spinesNumber of gill pairsCuticle abdominal terga and sternaTergite IV: spines on distal marginProlongation of paraproctAlainites albinatii (Sartori & Thomas, 1989)Corsica10 small teethscale bases, shagreened1566slightly shagreenedlong triangular, pointedapically covered by spinesAlainites bengunn sp. nov.Sardiniaserratedscale bases, slightly shagreened14-209-176shagreenedslightly lanceolatecovered by spinesAlainites gasithi sp. nov.Israelserratedno scale bases, almost not shagreened10-20ca. 6, rarely 10-126smoothlong triangular, pointedspines only on borderAlainites kars (Thomas & Kazancı, 1989)Turkeyonly minute serration close to molano scale bases, almost not shagreened> 40 in two rows5-96slightly shagreenedtriangular, pointedspines on entire surface (Martynov and Godunko 2017) or just on apex (Kazancı and Thomas 1989)Alainites muticus (Linnaeus, 1758)Palaearctic10 small teethrare scale bases1487slightly shagreenedshort triangular, broad basallyspines only on borderAlainites navasi (Müller-Liebenau, 1974)Iberian Peninsula10 small teeth?26216smoothshort triangularcovered by spinesAlainites oukaimeden (Thomas & Sartori, 1992)Morocco (High Atlas)10 small teethshagreened2086strongly shagreenedlong, relatively narrowcovered by spinesAlainites sadati Thomas, 1994Algeria, Tunisia10 small teethno scale bases, almost not shagreenedca. 256-96slightly shagreenedmedium triangularcovered by spines