Baetis
Genus of insects
title: "Baetis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mayfly-genera", "baetidae"] description: "Genus of insects" topic_path: "general/mayfly-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baetis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of insects ::
| image = Baetis P1650539a.jpg | image_caption = Baetis intercalaris | taxon = Baetis | authority = Leach, 1815 | diversity_link = List of Baetis species | diversity = at least 150 species ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Ephemeroptera-baetis-sp.gif" caption="Nymph]]" alt="Drawing of nymph of Baetis sp."] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Baetis_tricaudatus_male_imago.jpg" caption="Male [[imago]] of ''Baetis tricaudatus''"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/May_be_サホコカゲロウ_(15220067021).jpg" caption="''Baetis sahoensis''"] ::
Baetis is a genus of mayflies of the family Baetidae, commonly known as blue-winged olives to anglers. There are at least 150 described species in the genus Baetis. They are distributed worldwide, with the most variety in North America and northern Europe.
Selected species
Main article: List of Baetis species
About 48 species occur in Europe including:
- Baetis alpinus
- Baetis atrebatinus
- Baetis bicaudatus
- Baetis buceratus
- Baetis cypronyx
- Baetis fuscatus - type species (as Ephemera fuscata )
- Baetis muticus
- Baetis niger
- Baetis rhodani
- Baetis scambus
- Baetis vernus
References
References
- [http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:193064 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).
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