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Orconectes (Crockerinus) obscurus (Hagen)
Cambarus obscurus Hagen, 1870:69, pl. 1: figs. 72–75, pl. 3: fig. 154.
Astacus obscurus.—Hagen, 1870:5 [lapsus].
Cambarus propinquus var. obscura.—Faxon, 1885a:92.
Cambarus propinquus obscurus.—Hay, 1899b:960.
Cambarus (Faxonius) obscurus.—Ortmann, 1905c:112; 1906b:369, pl. A: figs. 1, 2, pl. 39: fig. 7, pl. 40: fig. 1, pl. 42: figs. 2, 3.
Cambarus propinquus obscura.—Fowler, 1912:564.
Faxonius obscurus.—Creaser, 1933a:5; 1962:2 [by implication].
Faxonius (Faxonius) obscurus.—Creaser, 1933a:5 [by implication].
Orconectes obscurus.—Hobbs, 1942a:352 [by implication]; 1974b:36, fig. 117.—Crocker, 1957:36, 53, 75, pl. 3: figs. 5, 6, pl. 5: fig. 2—Fitzpatrick, 1963:61 [by implication]; 1967a:160, figs. 3.11–15, 25. Orconectes (Orconectes) obscurus.—Hobbs, 1942b:154 [by implication].
Cambarus obscura.—Fitzpatrick, 1967a:161 [erroneous spelling].
Orconcectes obscurus.—Fielder, 1972:133 [erroneous spelling].
Orconectes (Crockerinus) obscurus.—Fitzpatrick, 1987a:50.
TYPES.—Lectotype, MCZ 181 (male I); paralectotypes, MCZ 181 (9 male I, 6 female), MCZ 3353 (7 male I, female), MCZ 3354 (3 male II), USNM 4971 (male I), MHNP (male, female), Würzburg Mus.; “cotypes” previously reported to be in the Australian Museum are not there. The lectotype (male I) was selected by Fitzpatrick (1967a:162) from MCZ 181, and all other “types” were designated paralectotypes by him.
TYPE LOCALITY.—Genesee River, Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
RANGE.—Southeastern Ontario, New York, Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, West Virginia, northern Virginia, and western Maryland.
HABITAT.—Rocky streams.
- bibliographic citation
- 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
Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Orconectes obscurus (Hagen)
Cambarus obscurus Hagen, 1870:69, pl. I: figs. 72–75; pl. 3: fig. 154.
Astacus obscurus.—Hagen, 1870:5 [lapsus].
Cambarus propinquus var. obscura.—Faxon, 1885a:92.
Cambarus propinquus obscurus.—Hay, 1899b:960.
Cambarus (Faxonius) obscurus.—Ortmann, 1905c:112; 1906b: 369, pl. A: figs. 1, 2; pl. 39: fig. 7; pl. 40: fig. 1; pl. 42: figs. 2, 3.
Faxonius obscurus.—Creaser, 1933a:5; 1962:2 [by implication].
Faxonius (Faxonius) obscurus.—Creaser, 19SSa:5 [by implication].
Orconectes obscurus.—Hobbs, 1942a:352 [by implication].—Crocker, 1957:36, 53, 75, pl. 3: figs. 5, 6; pl. 5: fig. 2.—Fitzpatrick, 1963:61 [by implication]; 1967a:131, 160, figs. 3, 11–15, 25.
Orconectes (Orconectes) obscurus.—Hobbs, 1942b: 154 [by implication].
Cambarus obscura.—Fitzpatrick, 1967a: 161 [erroneous spelling].
TYPES.—Lectotype, MCZ 181 (I); paralectotypes, MCZ 181 (9 I, 6 ), MCZ 3353 (7 I, ). MCZ 3354 (3 II), USNM 4971 (I), MHNP (, ), Würzburg Mus.; “cotypes” previously reported to be in the Australian Museum are not there. The lectotype (I) was selected by Fitzpatrick (1967a: 162) from MCZ 181, and all other “types” were designated paralectotypes.
TYPE-LOCALITY.—Genesee River, Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
RANGE.—Southeastern Ontario, New York, Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, West Virginia, northern Virginia, and western Maryland.
HABITAT.—Rocky streams.
- bibliographic citation
- Hobbs, Horton Holcombe, Jr. 1974. "A Checklist of the North and Middle American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae and Cambaridae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-161. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.166
