Species of Greatest Conservation Need

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Species of Greatest Conservation Need (Updated: 01/31/2024)
Common Name Scientifc Name Taxonomic Group Federal Status State Status Global Rank State Rank Endemic General Habitat Type(s)
No Accepted Common Name Artesia subterranea Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1G2 S2 True Caves/Karst
No Accepted Common Name Artesia welbourni Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1G2 S2S4 True Caves/Karst
Goat Cave woodlandsnail Ashmunella bequaerti Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1 S3 True Savanna/Open Woodland
No Accepted Common Name Ashmunella carlsbadensis Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1 S3 False Savanna/Open Woodland
Mckittrick woodlandsnail Ashmunella edithae Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1 S1 False Savanna/Open Woodland
Sawtooth Mountain woodlandsnail Ashmunella mudgei Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1 S1 False Savanna/Open Woodland
Franklin Mountain wood snail Ashmunella pasonis Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G2G3 S1? False Terrestrial; bare rock, talus, scree; talus slopes, usually of limestone, but also of rhyolite, sandstone, and siltstone, in arid mountain ranges
Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail Ashmunella sprouli Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1G3 S2? False Savanna/Open Woodland
Pecos assiminea snail Assiminea pecos Invertebrates LE E G1 S1 False A member of the marine snail family, but represents the most inland snail of the genus; semiaquatic, usually found on moist ground or beneath emergent plants within a few centimeters of flowing water; only known remaining Texas population at near Fort Stockton, Pecos County; historical to the Pecos River Valley of New Mexico and Texas
Texas austrotinodes caddisfly Austrotinodes texensis Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G2 S2 True Appears endemic to the karst springs and spring runs of the Edwards Plateau region; flow in type locality swift but may drop significantly during periods of little drought; substrate coarse and ranges from cobble and gravel to limestone bedrock; many limestone outcroppings also found along the streams
No Accepted Common Name Automeris zephyria Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G2G3 S1S3 False Pinyon-juniper woodland, ponderosa pine forest, and mixed shrubland.
No Accepted Common Name Baetodes alleni Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1G2 S1? True Mayflies distinguished by aquatic larval stage; adult stage generally found in shoreline vegetation
No Accepted Common Name Baliosus n. sp. EGR 1 Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1 S1 False Forest, Woodland
Coffin Cave mold beetle Batrisodes cryptotexanus Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G2 SNR False Resident, small, cave-adapted beetle found in small Edwards Limestone caves in Travis and Williamson counties.
No Accepted Common Name Batrisodes dentifrons Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1G2 SNR False The only known specimens were taken from under a rock in a cave (Chandler et al., 2009).
No Accepted Common Name Batrisodes fanti Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1G2 SNR False This species was recently described from a few caves in Bell Co., Texas; from the underside of rocks in both dim twilight and complete darkness (Chandler et al., 2009).
No Accepted Common Name Batrisodes feminiclypeus Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1G2 SNR False This species is only known from disjunct caves in Bell Co., Texas (Chandler et al., 2009).
No Accepted Common Name Batrisodes gravesi Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G3 SNR False This species is known from caves in Bell and Coryell Cos., Texas (Chandler et al., 2009).
No Accepted Common Name Batrisodes grubbsi Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1G2 S1 True Caves/Karst
No Accepted Common Name Batrisodes incispes Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1 SNR False It was recently described from a single cave in Bell Co., Texas; from the underside of a rock deeply buried in soil near the end of the cave in dim twilight (Chandler et al., 2009).
No Accepted Common Name Batrisodes pekinsi Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1 SNR False This species was recently described from a single cave in Bell Co., Texas; from under a small rock buried in clay in the deepest part of the cave in total darkness (Chandler et al., 2009).
No Accepted Common Name Batrisodes shadeae Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1 SNR False This species was recently described from a single cave in Bexar Co., Texas (Chandler et al., 2009).
Coffin Cave mold beetle Batrisodes texanus Invertebrates LE Not Listed G1G2 S1 True Resident, small, cave-adapted beetle found in small Edwards Limestone caves in Travis and Williamson counties
Helotes mold beetle Batrisodes venyivi Invertebrates LE Not Listed G1 S1 True Small, eyeless mold beetle; karst features in northwestern Bexar County and northeastern Medina County
No Accepted Common Name Batrisodes wartoni Invertebrates Not Listed Not Listed G1G2 SNR False It is only known from caves in Coryell Co., Texas (Chandler and Reddell, 2001).