Cicurina (Cicurella) browni 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 : 16

Cicurina (Cicurella) browni Gertsch 1992

( Figs 16–17, 130)

Cicurina browni Gertsch 1992: 98 , figs 53–54 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas; Williamson County; Brown’s Cave , 23 April 1989. W. Elliott, J. Reddell, M. Reyes ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 5.20; carapace length: 2.10; carapace width: 1.35; opisthosoma length: 3.10. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 6 denticles (2 large, 4 small), left side with 5 denticles (2 large, 3 small). Leg I: total length: 6.34; femur: 1.75; patella: 0.65; tibia: 1.55; metatarsus: 1.45; tarsus: 0.93; leg IV: total length: 7.35; femur: 2.00; patella: 0.65; tibia: 1.70; metatarsus: 2.00; tarsus: 1.00. Tarsal claw IV: 0.20. Epigynum: 0.420. Epigynal ventral plate with short transverse slit, bearing medial, very deep, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium squared, almost completely intruded by dome-shaped dorsal plate, atrial aperture small; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts widely separated at midpoint, reaching below primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located medially, primary pores visible (1 seen); stalk, short, straight, slightly oblique, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe light-bulb shape; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal long, internally positioned from dictynoid pore; fertilization duct internally attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Brown’s Cave (Williamson County, Texas, Fig. 130).

Remarks. Male unknown.