Orconectes blacki

Orconectes (Hespericambarus) blacki Walls

Orconectes difficilis blacki Walls, 1972:454, figs. 3a—e, 4a.—Hobbs, 1974b:28, fig. 107.

Orconectes (Hespericambarus) blacki.—Fitzpatrick, 1987a:55.

TYPES.—Holotype, USNM 131255 (male I); paratypes, USNM, MCZ, TU, Joe B. Black, and Jerry G. Walls.

TYPE LOCALITY.—Bearhead Creek, 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Juanita on State Route 109, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.

RANGE.—Known from only six localities in Beauregard and Calcasieu parishes, Louisiana, and, according to Walls, 1972:455, intergrading with O. d. hathawayi “in Calcasieu River drainage of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, and Vernon Parishes, Louisiana.” In his recent revision of the genus Orconectes, however, Fitzpatrick (1987a), as noted above, recognized no geographic races of Orconectes (H.) difficilis, according Walls’ subspecies specific rank.

HABITAT.—Streams.

Orconectes (Hespericambarus) deanae Reimer and Jester, new combination

Orconectes deanae Reimer and Jester, 1975:17, fig. 1–7.—Bouchard, 1978c:415.

Orconectes denae.—Bouchard, 1978b:451 [erroneous spelling].

Orconectes (Buannulifictus) denae.—Fitzpatrick, 1987a:49 [erroneous spelling].

TYPES.—Holotype and allotype, USNM 133759, 133760; paratypes, USNM, Rollin D. Reimer.

TYPE LOCALITY.—Conchas Lake, located at junction of Conchas and South Canadian rivers in San Miguel County, on State Road 104, approximately 32 miles (51.2 km) northwest of Tucumcari, New Mexico.

RANGE.—Known only from Canadian River basin in San Miguel and Quay counties, New Mexico.

HABITAT.—Lentic and lotic habitats.