Crayfish Known to Occur in NM

Native Species*

Orconectes causeyi: Conchas Lake, Canadian River basin (type locality).

Orconectes deanea: Conchas Lake, Canadian River basin (type locality).

Procambarus simulans: lower Pecos River basin

(*Orconectes nais [???]: Canadian River basin per Lang and Mehlop (1996) based on one female specimen. Report of record is tenuous based on small sample size and ID based on a single female specimen.)

Non-native Species

Procambarus clarkii: upper Rio Grande basin, lower Pecos River basin

Orconectes rusticus: Canadian River basin

Orconectes virilis: statewide Collection #:

1. Orconectes immunis: n = 1, preserved in 70% EtOH. NM: Taos Co., Rio Grande, Orilla Verde Recreation Area, oxbow pond. GPS Datum (NAD83, Zone 13S): Northing 4016577, Easting 430089. Collected: 4 August 2007 by Brian Long*. Identification: Brian Lang*.

(* not a TYPE-O of names, merely a strange coincidence)

2. Orconectes immunis: n = 1, preserved in 70% EtOH. NM: Sandoval Co., Valles Caldera National Preserve, lower Jaramillo Creek. Collected: 8 August 2009 by Nathan Clements. Identification: Brian Lang.

3. Orconectes immunis: n = 1, preserved in 70% EtOH. NM: Sandoval Co., Valles Caldera National Preserve, San Antonio West. Collected: 26 May 2009 by Nathan Clements. Identification: Brian Lang.

Post note: Identification of specimens from sites listed above were confirmed as O. virilis by Christopher Taylor, Illinois Natural History Survey, 2010.