Cicurina (Cicurella) cueva Gertsch 1992

Paquin, Pierre & Dupérré, Nadine, 2009, of 60 troglobitic species of the subgenus Cicurella (Araneae: Dictynidae), and a first visual assessment of their distribution, Zootaxa 2002, pp. 1-67 : 22-23

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Cicurina (Cicurella) cueva Gertsch 1992 View in CoL

( Figs 32–33, 132)

Cicurina cueva Gertsch 1992: 107 View in CoL , figs 81–82 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162, 171; Reddell 2005: 557.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas: Cave X, 6 miles south of Austin , W 97.45; N 30.12 Sept., 1962. Bill Bell, Sharon Woosley, 200 feet inside cave”. Examined ( AMNH). GoogleMaps

Additional material examined. UNITED STATES: Travis County: Flint Ridge Cave , 19.i.1989, 1f# [ TMM #11792 View Materials ] M. Grimm, J. Reddell, M. Reyes ( TMM); iv.1989, 1f# [ TMM #11787 View Materials ] M. Grimm ( TMM) .

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 4.15; carapace length: 1.80; carapace width: 1.17; opisthosoma length: 2.35. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 6 denticles (4 large, 2 small), left side likewise. Leg I: total length: 6.20; femur: 1.80; patella: 0.65; tibia: 1.50; metatarsus: 1.40; tarsus: 0.85; leg IV: total length: 7.05; femur: 1.85; patella: 0.65; tibia: 1.65; metatarsus: 1.85; tarsus: 1.05. Tarsal claw IV: 0.14. Epigynum: 0.378 mm. Epigynal ventral plate with long transverse slit, bearing medial, deep, inverted V-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, two-thirds intruded by dome-shaped dorsal plate, atrial aperture moderate; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint,

reaching top of primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located apically; primary pores not visible; stalk, short, recurved, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore not seen; primary lobe hat-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal not observed; fertilization duct internally attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Also reported from Flint Ridge Cave (Travis County, Texas, Fig. 132).

Remarks. Male unknown. Gertsch (1992) mentioned the existence of aberrant specimens for this species.

References

Gertsch, W. J. (1992). Distribution patterns and speciation in North American cave spiders with a list of the troglobites and revision of the cicurinas of the subgenus Cicurella. Texas Memorial Museum Speleological Monographs, 3. Studies on the endogean fauna of North America. 2, 75 - 122.

Jackman, J. A. (1997) A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Houston, Texas: Gulf Publishing Company. xiv + 201 pp. + 32 plates.

Reddell, J. R. (2005) Spiders and related groups. In: Culver D. C. & White W. B. (Eds), Encyclopedia of Caves. New York, Academic Press. Pp. 254 - 264