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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaAmphipodaHadziidaeHolsingerius

Holsingerius samacos (Holsinger, 1980)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Amphipoda
Family Hadziidae
Genus Holsingerius
Species Holsingerius samacos (Holsinger, 1980)

Synonyms

  • Texiweckelia samacos Holsinger, 1980 (prior combination, CoL)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Range

Known from two counties in Texas in the Edwards Plateau and Balcones karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Texas

Counties

Texas
Bexar, Hays

Karst regions

Edwards Plateau and Balcones

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
USNM 171148 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Paratype ×2
Canadian Museum of Nature
Paratype ×7
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Paratype
ZMA.CRUS.A.106392 · Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center, Texas State University 55
University of Texas, Biodiversity Center, Entomology Collection 12
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 8
Canadian Museum of Nature 2
Naturalis Biodiversity Center 1

78 cataloged lots in 5 collections. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.

Download all 78 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1G2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled

G1▲G2▲G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.

Subnational ranks

Texas
S3 Vulnerable

Ranks looked up 23 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
3MBVN
GBIF
2216527
ITIS
656848
iNaturalist
221428

References

  • Hershler, R. & Longley, G. 1986. Phreatic hydrobiids (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer region, south-central Texas. Malacologia 27: 127–172. https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/11313/iz_HershlerLongley1986a.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y. details

This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.

How to cite this account

Holsingerius samacos (Holsinger, 1980). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1117. https://cavebiology.org/species/holsingerius-samacos/ (accessed 18 October 2026).
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