Procambarus (Paracambarus) ortmannii Villalobos 1949

Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.

Containing group: Procambarus (Paracambarus)

Types

Holotype, allotype, and morphotype, Instituto de Biologia de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico 2-1149-1a (OF6) (male I, female, male II); paratype, Instituto de Biologia de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.

Type Locality

"Los Estajos, 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) NE [sic] de Xihuateutla, Pue. en un pequeno arroyito que corre por el lado derecho del camino que va al rancho El Mirador" (Villalobos, 1949:338), Mexico.

Range

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality.

Habitat

Epigean and hypogean streams.

References

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Institution Press.

Villalobos Figueroa, Alejandro. 1949. Estudios de los cambarinos mexicanos, VIII: Descripcion de una nueva especie del genero Paracambarus. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 20 (1, 2): 331-339, 2 plates.

About This Page

Page constructed by Emily Browne.

Keith A. Crandall
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

James W. Fetzner, Jr.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.
Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, USA

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