KEY TO THE SPECIES OF THE SUBGENUS PARACAMBARUS

1.    Mesial process of first pleopod much larger than central projection and extending caudodistad much
       beyond it (Fig. 52a):........................................................................................................................................
       .......................................................................................  Procambarus (Pa.) paradoxus (Ortmann, 1906).

       (Tributaries of Río Tecoluta at Tetela de Ocampo y La Cañada, 35 km. northeast of Zacapoaxtla,
        Puebla, México).

• Mesial process of first pleopod much smaller than central projection and not extending so far
  distad as central prjection (Fig. 52b):.....................  Procambarus (Pa.) ortmanni (Villalobos, 1949).

       (Tributary of Río San Marcos (to Río Cazones), 6 km. northeast of Zihuateutla, Puebla, México.
         Literature:  Villalobos, 1955).

Fig. 52.  Lateral view of left first pleopods.  a,  Procambarus paradoxus;  b,  P. ortmanni.

END OF PARACAMBARUS

Last Updated:  10 September 2004