Cambarus dubius Faxon 1884

Cambarus (Jugicambarus) dubius Faxon

Cambarus dubius Faxon, 1884:114; 1885a:70, pl. 4: fig. 3; pl. 8: figs. 7′.—Dewees, 1972:1, figs. 1b–1, 2c–h, 3, 4, 5b–h, 6–16.

Cambarus carolinus dubius.—Faxon, 1914:396, 425.

Cambarus (Jugicambarus) dubius.—Hobbs and Bouchard, 1973:62.—Hobbs, 1974b:18, fig. 60.

Cambraus dubius.—Peters, 1975:iii [erroneous spelling].

TYPES.—Holotype, MCZ 3631 (male I).

TYPE LOCALITY.—Terra Alta (Cranberry Summit), Preston County, West Virginia.

RANGE.—Poorly understood, but extending southward through the Allegheny Mountains from southwestern Pennsylvania and Kentucky into southwestern Virginia, northwestern North Carolina and as far south in Tennessee as the junction of the Clinch and Holston rivers, and westward on the Cumberland Plateau to headwaters of the South Fork of the Cumberland and Caney Fork rivers in Fentress and Cumberland counties, Tennessee. (See Dewees, 1972.)

HABITAT.—Burrows (primary burrower).

Cambarus (Jugicambarus) dubius Faxon

Cambarus dubius Faxon, 1884:114; 1885a: 70, pl. 4: fig. 3; pl. 8: figs. 7, 7′.

Cambarus Carolinas dubius.—Faxon, 1914:396, 425.

Cambarus (Jugicambarus) dubius.—Hobbs and Bouchard, 1973:62.

TYPES.—Holotype, MCZ 3631 (I).

TYPE-LOCALITY.—Terra Alta (Cranberry Summit), Preston County, West Virginia.

RANGE.—Poorly known, but extending southward through the Allegheny Mountains from southwestern Pennsylvania into Virginia. The same, or a closely allied, species also occurs in southeastern Kentucky, eastern Tennessee, and northwestern North Carolina.

HABITAT.—Burrows (primary burrower).

Cambarus dubius, the Upland burrowing crayfish, is a species of burrowing crayfish native to Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina in the United States.

It is believed to form a species complex.