Species of Greatest Conservation Need

**Species of Greatest Conservation Need** (Updated: 06/16/2025)
Scientifc Name	Common Name	Taxonomic Group	SGCN Status	Federal Status	State Status	Global Rank	State Rank	Endemic	General Habitat Type(s)
Anthidium michenerorum	No accepted common name	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2	SNR	Not Evaluated	Habitat description is not available at this time.
Anthophora chihuahua	No accepted common name	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2G3	SNR	Not Evaluated	Habitat description is not available at this time.
Anthophora fedorica	No accepted common name	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2	SNR	Not Evaluated	Habitat description is not available at this time.
Anthophora vallorum	No accepted common name	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2G3	SNR	Not Evaluated	Habitat description is not available at this time.
Apocheiridium reddelli	No accepted common name	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G1G2	S1	Yes	Habitat description is not available at this time.
Apodemia chisosensis	Chisos metalmark	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2	S1?	Yes	Agave scrub community; nectarivore/herbivore, larval food Havards plum (Prunus havardii); diurnal, hibernates/aestivates, adult flights in spring and early August, second brood dependent on summer rains; larvae both aestivate/hibernate in rolled leaf, begin feeding late May and diapause in dead leaves until following spring, few exceptions emerge for a partial late summer flight
Archeolarca guadalupensis	Guadalupe Cave pseudoscorpion	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G1G2	S1	Yes	Live in leaf mold or decaying vegetation, in soils, beneath bark and stones, and in some mammals� nests; oviparous and may produce more than one brood per year
Arcidens wheeleri	Ouachita rock pocketbook	Invertebrates	Yes	E 11/22/1991	Not Listed	G1	SU	No	Large, dense, diverse beds of other unionids; stable mud, sand, and gravel substrates of medium-sized rivers, backwater or slackwater areas adjacent to the main channel; also reported from cobble-gravel bottoms in pools of small, slow-flowing rivers; Red River Basin
Argia leonorae	Leonora's dancer damselfly	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G3	S2	Not Evaluated	Habitat description is not available at this time.
Artesia subterranea	No accepted common name	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G1G2	S2	Yes	Habitat description is not available at this time.
Artesia welbourni	No accepted common name	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G1G2	S2S4	Yes	Habitat description is not available at this time.
Ashmunella bequaerti	Goat Cave woodlandsnail	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G1	S3	Yes	Habitat description is not available at this time.
Ashmunella carlsbadensis	No accepted common name	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G1	S3	No	Habitat description is not available at this time.
Ashmunella mudgei	Sawtooth Mountain woodlandsnail	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G1	SU	Not Evaluated	Habitat description is not available at this time.
Ashmunella pasonis	Franklin Mountain wood snail	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2G3	S2	Not Evaluated	Terrestrial; bare rock, talus, scree; talus slopes, usually of limestone, but also of rhyolite, sandstone, and siltstone, in arid mountain ranges
Assiminea pecos	Pecos assiminea snail	Invertebrates	Yes	E 09/08/2005	E 01/22/2009	G1	S1	Not Evaluated	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
Atrytone arogos	Arogos skipper	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2G3	SNR	Not Evaluated	Habitat description is not available at this time.
Austrotinodes texensis	Texas austrotinodes caddisfly	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2	S2	Yes	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
Automeris zephyria	No accepted common name	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2G3	S1S3	Not Evaluated	Pinyon-juniper woodland, ponderosa pine forest, and mixed shrubland.
Baetodes alleni	No accepted common name	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G1G2	S1?	Yes	Mayflies distinguished by aquatic larval stage; adult stage generally found in shoreline vegetation
Batrisodes cryptotexanus	Coffin Cave mold beetle	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G2	S1	Not Evaluated	Resident, small, cave-adapted beetle found in small Edwards Limestone caves in Travis and Williamson counties.
Batrisodes dentifrons	No accepted common name	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G1G2	SNR	Not Evaluated	The only known specimens were taken from under a rock in a cave (Chandler et al., 2009).
Batrisodes fanti	No accepted common name	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G1G2	SNR	Not Evaluated	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).
Batrisodes feminiclypeus	No accepted common name	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G1G2	SNR	Not Evaluated	This species is only known from disjunct caves in Bell Co., Texas (Chandler et al., 2009).
Batrisodes gravesi	No accepted common name	Invertebrates	Yes	Not Listed	Not Listed	G3	S2	Not Evaluated	This species is known from caves in Bell and Coryell Cos., Texas (Chandler et al., 2009).