94 J. E. Cooper and A. L. Braswell 



ca. 3.1 air mi (5.0 air km) SW Wesley Chapel; 3 j 8, 1 j 9 (NCSM 

 C-1040), 18 Apr 1980, NLE; (8) damp ditch at East Fk Twelve Mile 

 Crk at SR 1336, ca. 1.6 air mi (2.6 air km) SW Wesley Chapel; 1 j 8, 

 1 j 9 (NCSM C-1038), 20 Apr 1980, from burrows, NLE. 



Cambarus (Jugicambarus) asperimanus Faxon 

 This crayfish occurs in the Watauga River basin in Tennessee 

 (Hobbs 1989:20), but no localities for the species have been reported 

 from this system in North Carolina. Additionally, no one unequivocally 

 has reported its occurrence anywhere in the New River basin. With 

 respect to the latter, in a discussion of "Cambarus (Cambarus) 

 bartoni asperimanus" Ortmann (1931:138) stated, " I have a male (I) 

 and two females from Blowing Rock (in the headwaters of New River, 

 some distance northeast of Asheville), in which the inner 

 margin of the palm has the tubercles somewhat more strongly develop- 

 ed than is usual in bartoni. This indicates a transition toward 

 asperimanus. However, I prefer to leave these with bartoni; the 

 character being much less distinct here than in the specimens from 

 Asheville and Canton" (Buncombe and Haywood counties, respectively, 

 French Broad River basin). There is one other published locality for 

 C. asperimanus that could be in the New River basin, but it was not 

 reported as such. Hobbs and Peters (1977:57) recorded the species 

 from "Watauga County: (8) creek at Deep Gap," but placed this locality 

 in the Pee Dee (Yadkin) basin. This citation does not indicate whether 

 "creek at Deep Gap" refers to the community of Deep Gap, or the 

 mountain gap of the same name. The community is in eastern Watauga 

 County on Deep Gap Creek, a tributary that joins South Fork New 

 River in Ashe County. The mountain gap lies southeast of the Blue 

 Ridge, in the drainage of Stony Fork Creek, a headwater tributary 

 that enters the Yadkin River in western Wilkes County. 



On 25 July 1984, we collected C. asperimanus in both the 

 Watauga and New River basins at the following localities. WATAUGA 

 RIVER BASIN. Watauga Co.— (1) small stream entering N bank 

 Watauga R at NC 105 bridge, jet SR 1112, ca. 2.4 air mi (3.8 air km) 

 SE Valle Crucis; 2 $ (NCSM C-1811), from under separate rocks at 

 mouth of stream. NEW RIVER BASIN. Watauga Co.— (2) small, 

 shallow creek (South Fk New River dr) in hardwood ravine and 

 meadow on E side Howard Knob, off Hidden Valley Circle, 0.3 rd mi 

 (0.5 rd km) from jet Chestnut Drive in north Boone; 1 cM, 5 j 8,1 9, 

 1 j 9 (NCSM C-1814), 1 9 with attached young (NCSM C-1815), 

 3 9, 1 j 9 (NCSM C-1816), with R. W. VanDevender. 



