Lirceus brachyurus ( Harger, 1876 )

Lewis, Julian J., Bowman, Thomas E. & Feller, Daniel J., 2011, A synopsis of the subterranean asellids of Maryland, U. S. A., with description of Caecidotea alleghenyensis, new species (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota), Zootaxa 2769, pp. 54-64 : 63

Lirceus brachyurus ( Harger, 1876)

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Material examined. MARYLAND: Frederick Co., spring at Fountain Rock, 1 mile [1.6km] SW Walkersville, 26 February 1986, 30Ƥ; Washington Co.: Big Spring, DJF, 23 July 1988, 9Ƥ; Troupe Springs, DJF, 29 May 1988, 23; spring on SR 63, 2 miles [3.2km] north SR 40, AN, 15 October 1978, 25Ƥ.

Range. These Maryland localities occur between those previously known in Virginia and Pennsylvania ( Hubricht & Mackin 1949; Lewis 2009). Many other samples of L. brachyurus (many collected by Leslie Hubricht) are present in the NMNH, spanning an area from western North Carolina through Virginia and West Virginia to Pennsylvania. This species usually occurs in springs.

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FIGURE 6. Range maps of groundwater asellids in Maryland: (a) spring inhabiting species; (b) obligate subterranean species.