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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:contributor>Stuart A. Welsh</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Roger F. Thoma</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Zachary J. Loughman</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2019</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;The disjunct distribution of&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cambarus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;monongalensis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;has led to speculation about its taxonomic status. An Appalachian Plateau population occurs in northern and central West Virginia and Southwestern Pennsylvania, and a mountain population occurs in the Allegheny Mountains and Ridge and Valley physiographic provinces of the Virginias.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Herein we describe the mountain population as&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cambarus fetzneri&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sp. nov.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The two species differ genetically and morphologically, and have different color patterns. Specifically,&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;C. fetzneri&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sp. nov.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;chelae lack extensive red coloration on the distal end of the propodus and dactyl, possess rostral margins that lack any red coloration, compared to&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;C. monongalensis&lt;/i&gt;, which has extensive red coloration on the dactyl and propodus, as well as red rostral margins. Morphologically, the rostrum of&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;C. fetzneri&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sp. nov.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;is shorter and wider than that of&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;C. monongalensis&lt;/i&gt;. Also, adult&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;C. fetzneri&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sp. nov.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;are considerably smaller in body size than those of&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;C. monongalensis&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.11646/zootaxa.4651.1.2</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Magnolia Press</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Cambarus fetzneri sp. nov., a new species of burrowing crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Allegheny Mountains of Virginia and West Virginia, USA</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>