Texas Invertebrate Species of Concern

Crustacea - Crayfishes, etc.

Cambaridae - Northern Hemisphere Crayfishes

• Cambarellus (Pandicambarus) ninae Hobbs, 1950 - Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio, and Victoria Co.
• Fallicambarus (Fallicambarus) devastator Hobbs and Whiteman, 1987 - Texas Prairie Crayfish - Angelina Co.
• Fallicambarus (Fallicambarus) macneesei (Black, 1967) - Brazoria Co..
• Orconectes (Hespericambarus) maletae Walls, 1972 - Upshur Co.
• Procambarus (Capillicambarus) brazoriensis Albaugh, 1975 - Brazoria Co.
• Procambarus (Girardiella) kensleyi Hobbs, 1990 - Angelina, Jasper, Newton, Panola, San Augustine, Trinity and Tyler Co..
• Procambarus (Ortmannicus) nechesae Hobbs, 1990 - Angelina and Jasper Co..
• Procambarus (Ortmannicus) nueces Hobbs and Hobbs, 1995 - Atascosa Co.
• Procambarus (Girardiella) nigrocinctus Hobbs, 1990 -  Angelina and Jasper Co.
• Procambarus (Girardiella) steigmani Hobbs, 1991 - Collin Co.
• Procambarus (Ortmannicus) texanus Hobbs, 1971 - Bastrop Co.

• Baetodes alleni - Kendall Co.
• Plauditus futilis - Bandera Co.
• Procloeon distinctum - Hays & Williamson Co.
• Procloeon texanum - Brazos Co.
• Pseudocentroptiloides morihari - Austin, Comal & Williamson Co.

• Caenis arwini - Val Verde Co.

Leptohyphidae

• Tricorythodes curvatus - Montgomery Co.

Polymitarcyidae

• Campsurus decoloratus - Guadalupe & Hidalgo Co. 
• Tortopus circumfluus - Victoria Co.

Odonata - Damselflies and Dragonflies

Corduliidae - Emeralds 

• Texas Emerald (Somatochlora margarita) - East Texas

Coenagrionidae - Pond Damsels

• Leonora's Dancer (Argia leonorae)
• Cream-tipped Damsel (Leptobasis melinogaster) [New species described in 2002]

Gomphidae - Clubtails

• Tamaulipan Clubtail (Gomphus gonzalezi)

Plecoptera - Stoneflies

Leuctridae

• Plateau Needlefly (Zealeuctra arnoldi) - Primarily Central Texas

Nemouridae

• Texas Forestfly (Amphinemura texana) - East Texas

Perlodidae

• Arrowhead Stripetail (Isoperla sagittata) - Newton Co.

Taeniopterygidae 

• Texas Willowfly (Taeniopteryx starki) - Coryell & Hamilton Co. 

Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)

    Meadow katydids - Subfamily Conocephalinae

• Brownsville meadow katydid (Conocephalus resacensis) - Cameron Co.

    False katydids - Subfamily Phaneropterinae

• Uhler's virtuoso katydid (Amblycorypha uhleri) - Central Texas
• Walking thread-legged katydid (Arethaea ambulator) - Central and North-Central Texas
• Stilt-walker katydid (Arethaea grallator) - East Texas
• Rio Grande thread-legged katydid (Arethaea phantasma) - Along Rio Grande from Brewster to Cameron Counties.
• Spoon-tail short-winged katydid (Dichopetala catinata) - Central Texas
• Emarginate short-winged katydid (Dichopetala emarginata)
• Gladiator short-winged katydid (Dichopetala gladiator) - South Texas
• Thumb-bearing short-winged katydid (Dichopetala pollicifera) - Cameron Co.
• Seever's short-winged katydid (Dichopetala seeversi) - One Record in Central Texas
• Texas angle-wing (Microcentrum minus) - South Texas

    True katydids - Subfamily Pseudophyllinae

• Chisos katydid (Paracyrtophyllus excelsus) - Brewster Co.

    Shield-backed katydids - Subfamily Tettigoniinae

• Pediodectes daedalus - Two  records
• Pediodectes mitchelli - One record
• Pediodectes pratti - One record

Family Gryllidae (Crickets)

    Anomalous crickets - Subfamily Pentacentrinae

• Belfrage’s cricket (Trigonidomimus belfragei) - North-Central Texas

    Tiger Beetles - Subfamily Cicindelinae

• Cazier's Tiger Beetle - Cicindela cazieri - Jim Hogg, & Starr Counties
• Lime-headed Tiger Beetle - Cicindela chlorocephala smythi - Cotype - 80 specimens collected on SPI in 1912, not seen since...
• Black Sky Tiger Beetle - Cicindela nigrocoerulea subtropica - Cameron & Hidalgo Counties
• Large Grassland Tiger Beetle - Cicindela obsoleta neojuvenilis - Maverick Co. south to Hidalgo Co.

Lepidoptera - Moths and Butterflies

Sphinx - Silk - Skipper - Hairstreak - Metalmark - Notodontid

Sphingidae - Sphinx Moths

• Blanchards' Amplypterus Moth (Adhemarius blanchardorum) - Brewster Co.
• Wiest's primrose sphinx (Euproserpinus wiesti) - Dallam Co.
• Hartweg's sphinx (Dolbogene hartwegii) - Brewster Co.
• Proud Sphinx (Proserpinus gaurae)
• Vega Sphinx  (Proserpinus vega) - Jeff Davis Co
• Sage Sphinx (Sphinx eremitoides) - Hunt, Kerr, Kimble, Terrell, & Uvalde Co.

Saturniidae - Silk Moths

• Tamaulipan Agapema (Agapema galbina) - Cameron & Hidalgo Co.
• Zephyr-eyed Silkmoth (Automeris zephyria) - Jeff Davis & Culberson Co.
• Chinati Sheepmoth (Hemileuca chinatiensis) - Trans-Pecos
• Texas Buckmoth (Hemileuca peigleri) - Central Texas
• Slosser's Buckmoth (Hemileuca slosseri)
• Sphingicampa blanchardi - Cameron & Hidalgo Co.
• Sphingicampa raspa

Hesperiidae - Skippers 

    Spread-wing Skippers - Subfamily Pyrginae

• Scarce Streaky-Skipper (Celotes limpia) - Trans-Pecos

    Grass Skippers - Subfamily Hesperiinae

• Arogos Skipper (Atrytone arogos) - Central & North-Central Texas
• Bay Skipper (Euphyes bayensis) - Jefferson Co.

    Skipperlings - Subfamily Heteropterinae

• Chisos Skipperling (Piruna haferniki) - Brewster Co.

    Giant-Skippers - Subfamily Megathyminae

• Manfreda Giant-Skipper (Stallingsia maculosus) - Host Plant

Lycaenidae - Gossamer-wing Butterflies

• Poling's Hairstreak (Fixsenia polingi) - Brewster, Culbertson, El Paso, Jeff Davis, & Presidio Co.

Riodinidae - Metalmarks 

• Chisos Metalmark (Apodemia chisosensis) - Brewster & Terrell Co.

Notodontidae

• Datana robusta
• Heterocampa belfragei
• Heterocampa benitensis
• Heterocampa secessionis
• Litodonta contrasta - photo
• Oligocentria alpica
• Ursia furtiva 

27 Jun 2007  ©  Mike Quinn / mike.quinn@tpwd.state.tx.us / Texas Entomology