Cambarellus   Ortmann 1905

     ===========Subgenus Dirigicambarus========= Cambarellus shufeldtii 
     |
     |                                       === Cambarellus schmitti 
     |                                    ===|
     |                                 ===|  === Cambarellus blacki 
     |                                 |  |
     |                              ===|  ====== Cambarellus lesliei 
     |                              |  |
<<===|                              |  |  ====== Cambarellus ninae 
     |                           ===|  ===|
     |                           |  |     ====== Cambarellus texanus 
     |  ==Subgenus Pandicambarus=|  |
     |  |                        |  ============ Cambarellus puer 
     |  |                        |
     |  |                        =============== Cambarellus diminutus 
     |  |
     ===|                         ============== Cambarellus prolixus 
        |                      ===|
        |                      |  |  =========== Cambarellus chapalanus 
        |                      |  ===|
        |                      |     =========== Cambarellus montezumae 
        |                      |
        ==Subgenus Cambarellus=|        ======== Cambarellus chihuahuae 
                               |        |
                               |  ======|======= Cambarellus alvarezi 
                               |  |     |
                               |  |     ======== Cambarellus occidentalis 
                               |  |
                               ===|     ======== Cambarellus zempoalensis 
                                  |=====|
                                  |     ======== Cambarellus patzcuarensis 
                                  |
                                  ============== Cambarellus areolatus 

Containing clade(s): Cambaridae

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Historical Account:

	Cambarus. -- Saussure, 1857a:102.
	Subgenus Cambarellus   Ortmann, 1905c: 106.  [Type species, by original designation, Cambarus Montezumae Saussure, 1857a:102.  Gender: masculine.].  -- Fitzpatrick, 1983a: 267.
	Cambarellus. -- Hobbs, 1942a: 350.
	Camberellus. -- Villalobos, 1953:357 [erroneous spelling].
	Caambarus. -- Villalobos, 1955:276 [erroneous spelling].
	Cambarella. -- Carlisle and Knowles, 1959:50 [erroneous spelling].
	Subgenus Dirigicambarus  Fitzpatrick, 1983a:267.  [Type species by original designation, Cambarus Shufeldtii Faxon, 1884:134.  Gender: masculine.].
	Subgenus Pandicambarus  Fitzpatrick, 1983a:268. [Type species by original designation, Cambarus schmitti  Hobbs, 1942b:149.  Gender: masculine.].

References:

Carlisle, D.B. and F. Knowles.  1959.  Endocrine control in crustaceans.  Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology,
       10: vii + 120 pages, 18 figures, 5 plates.

Faxon, W.  1884.  Descriptions of new species of Cambarus, to which is added a synonymical list of known species of
       Cambarus and Astacus.  Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 20: 107-158.

Fitzpatrick, J.F. Jr.,  1983a.  A revision of the Dwarf Crayfishes (Cambaridae, Cambarellinae).  Journal of Crustacean
       Biology,  3(2):  266-277,  3 figures.

Hobbs, H.H., Jr.,  1942a.  A generic revision of the crayfishes of the subfamily Cambarinae (Decapoda: Astacidae)
       with the description of a new genus and species.  American Midland Naturalist,  28(2): 334-357, 3 plates.

Hobbs, H.H., Jr.,  1942b.  The crayfishes of Florida.  University of Florida Publications. Biological Science Series,
       3(2): v + 179 pages, 24 plates.

Ortmann, A.E.  1905c.  The mutual affinities of the species of the genus Cambarus, and their dispersal over the
       United States.  Proceedings of the Philosophical Society,  44(180): 91-136, plate 3.

Saussure, H. de  1857a.  Note carcinologique sur la famille des Thalassides et sur celle des Astacides.
       Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, series 2, 9: 99-102.

Villalobos, F.A.  1953.  Distribución geográfica y notas ecológicas de los cambarinos mexicanos.
       In:  Memoria del Congreso Científico Mexicano, VII: Ciencias Biológicas, IV Centenario de la Universidad
       de México, 7: 343-374, 5 figures.

Villalobos, F.A.  1955.  Cambarinos de la fauna mexicana (Crustacea: Decapoda).  xvi + 290 pages, 62 plates.
       Tesis, Facultad de Ciencias.  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F.

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