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Procambarus (Girardiella) simulans (Faxon)

Cambarus simulans Faxon, 1884:112; 1885a:48, pl. I: flgs. 2, pl. VIII: figs. 3, 3′, 3a, 3a′.

Cambarus similans.—Ortmann, 1892:12 [erroneous spelling].

Cambarus gallinus Cockerell and Porter, 1900:434, fig. 1. [Syntypes, MCZ 7342 (3 male II), USNM 23915 (male II, 2 female), USNM 23916 (male I, female), USNM 129197 (2 male II, 2 female), ANSP 1455 (2 female), ANSP 1456 (male I). Type locality, Gallinas River at Las Vegas, New Mexico.]

Cambarus gallinas.—Harris, 1900:264 [erroneous spelling].

Cambarus baumgartneri Harrs, 1901:115 [nomen nudum].

Cambarus (Cambarus) simulans.—Ortmann, 1905c:101.

Cambarus (Ortmannicus) simulans.—Fowler, 1912:341 [by implication].

Procambarus simulans.—Hobbs, 1942a:342 [by implication].

Cambarus simulana.—Villalobos, 1953:368 [erroneous spelling].

Procambarus simulans simulans.—Villalobos, 1954a:296.

Procambarus (Girardiella) simulans simulans.—Hobbs, 1972a:7; 1974b:47, fig. 190.

Procambarus stimulans.—Airaksinen, Calkama, and Lindqvist, 1978:354 [erroneous spelling].

Procambarus (Girardiella) simulans simulans.—Hobbs, and Robison, 1988:409, figs. 9, 16.

TYPES.—Syntypes, MCZ 3646 (male I, 4 female), MCZ 3647 (23 male II, 30female, 4juv. male, 5juv. female), USNM 4150 (male I, 3 male II, 5 juv. male), ZIAS 1/44975 (2 male, female). Three second form male syntypes (MCZ 7342) could not be located.

TYPE LOCALITY.—Dallas, Texas.

RANGE.—New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas(?), and Colorado.

HABITAT.—Lentic and lotic situations, and burrow (secondary burrower).
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Hobbs, Horton Holcombe, Jr. 1989. "An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda, Astacidae, Cambaridae, Parastacidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-236. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.480