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Figs 17
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53A56
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<bibRefCitation author="Gertsch, WJ" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Arachnology" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="145 - 203" title="The spider family Leptonetidae in North America." volume="1" year="1974">Gertsch 1974</bibRefCitation>
: 171.
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(Gertsch, 1974):
<bibRefCitation author="Brignoli, PM" journalOrPublisher="Quaderna Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" pagination="213 - 218" title="Spiders of Mexico, III. A new leptonetid from Oaxaca (Araneae, Leptonetidae)." volume="171" year="1977">Brignoli 1977</bibRefCitation>
: 216;
<bibRefCitation author="Platnick, NI" journalOrPublisher="American Museum Novitates" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" pagination="1 - 16" title="On the tibial and patellar glands, relationships and American genera of the spider family Leptonetidae (Arachnida, Araneae)." volume="2855" year="1986">Platnick 1986</bibRefCitation>
: 8.
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(Gertsch, 1974):
<bibRefCitation author="Ledford, JM" journalOrPublisher="Invertebrate Systematics" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="334 - 388" title="Systematics and evolution of the spider genus Neoleptoneta (Araneae: Leptonetidae) with a discussion of the morphology and relationships for the North American Leptonetidae." url="doi: 10.1071/IS11014" volume="25" year="2011">Ledford et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
.
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Type data.</paragraph>
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Female holotype from Shultz Cave, 2mi. E. of Volente, Travis County, Texas, 21-August-1963, B. Russell,
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,
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, (AMNH, examined).
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<pageBreakToken pageId="23" pageNumber="24" start="start">Notes</pageBreakToken>
.
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Shultz Cave is commonly referred to as MacDonald Cave and is located approximately 2.5mi. NE of Volente in Travis County. Although the male for this species was not available to
<bibRefCitation author="Gertsch, WJ" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Arachnology" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="145 - 203" title="The spider family Leptonetidae in North America." volume="1" year="1974">Gertsch (1974)</bibRefCitation>
, recent inventories of caves in this area have produced the first male specimens and added several new records from nearby caves. Of special interest are records from leaf litter near the entrance of Tooth Cave (type locality for
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), approximately 2 miles south of MacDonald Cave. Although
<bibRefCitation author="Gertsch, WJ" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Arachnology" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="145 - 203" title="The spider family Leptonetidae in North America." volume="1" year="1974">Gertsch (1974</bibRefCitation>
: 171-172) originally described
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as a troglobite based on the type
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reduced eyes and pigment, the discovery of surface populations suggests that the species is a widespread troglophile although some populations may be locally adapted to caves. One record from Williamson County (Village Idiot Cave) is tentative as diagnostic structures on the male palp are partially obscured.
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<paragraph pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Other material examined.</paragraph>
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USA: Texas: Travis County: Brewpot Sink, 19-October-2009, K.
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,
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,
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, 3 ♀, 1 juv., (TMM);
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Crossing, 14mi. NW of Dripping Springs, 29-September-1994, A. Grubbs,
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,
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, 1 ♂, 2 ♀, (TMM); Highway 71 and Pedernales River, 23mi. W. of Austin, 20-September-1994, A. Grubbs,
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="30.38">30.38N</geoCoordinate>
,
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, 2 ♂, 6 ♀, 2 juvs, (TMM); MacDonald Cave, 18-April-1984, Pate, J. Reddell, M. Reyes,
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="30.43">30.43N</geoCoordinate>
,
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, 1 ♀, (TMM);
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Cave, 29-April-1989, W. Elliot, J. Reddell, M. Reyes,
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,
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, 3 ♀, (AMNH); MacDonald Cave, 7-January-2005, P. Paquin,
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,
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, 1 ♀, (CASC); MacDonald Cave, September-2008, P. Paquin,
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,
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="-97.86">97.86W</geoCoordinate>
, 3 ♂, 4 ♀, 4 juvs, (CASC); Stovepipe Cave, 25-October-1990, J. Reddell, M. Reyes,
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,
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, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, (TMM); Stovepipe Cave, 18-September-2009, K.
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,
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,
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, 1 ♀, (TMM); surface above Tooth Cave, 21-November-08, P. Paquin, K.
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,
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,
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, sifting leaf litter, 1 ♂, 3 ♀, (TMM); 9K-2 Cave (=Moonmilk Cave), Spicewood Springs Road, 11-February-95, Elliot, Sprouse,
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="30.37">30.37N</geoCoordinate>
,
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, 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 1 juv., (TMM); Williamson County: Village Idiot Cave, 31-October-94, Warton,
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,
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="-97.83">97.83W</geoCoordinate>
, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, (TMM).
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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may be separated from other
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species that lack a ventral sclerite, except
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and
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, by having a short retrolateral tibial spine, occupying less than 0.5
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the length of the palpal tarsus (RTS, Fig. 38A) and an apically tapering subquadrate embolus that lacks sculpture along its margin (E, Fig. 38D). Separated from
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and
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by having a retrolateral tibial spine with a base that lacks distinctive sculpture (RTS, Fig. 31B) and by the unique shape of the embolus (E, Fig. 38D).
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
Complete description of female in
<bibRefCitation author="Gertsch, WJ" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Arachnology" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="145 - 203" title="The spider family Leptonetidae in North America." volume="1" year="1974">Gertsch (1974</bibRefCitation>
: 171-172). Habitus of male and female in Figs 17
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and female genitalia in Fig. 53A.
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Male (MacDonald Cave). Body length 1.4, carapace 0.58 long, 0.49 wide, length 1.18
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width. Carapace light brown-yellow, sparsely setose; eyes large, ocular area enclosed in a dark pattern. Legs elongate and thin, femur I 1.4
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carapace length, covered in fine setae with few scattered spines.Palpal tarsus entire, tapering apically; retrolateral tibial spine on an elevated base, weakly recurved and smooth at its base, length 0.36
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tarsus length. Bulb suboval, length 1.70
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width; embolus oval, tapering apically (Fig. 38D), length 1.90
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width. Abdomen yellow-brown, without pattern, 0.81 long, 0.61 wide, covered in fine setae.
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Variation(n = 6). Total length 1.25-1.40; carapace length 1.20-1.52
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carapace width; length femur I 1.0-1.4
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carapace width.
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Figure 17.
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(Gertsch, 1974), MacDonald Cave, Travis County, Texas (CASC), habitus. A
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male, dorsal B
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female, dorsal C
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female holotype, ventral D
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male, lateral E
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female, lateral.
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Known from caves and surface localities in Travis and Williamson Counties, Texas (Fig. 56).</paragraph>
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