of 60 troglobitic species of the subgenus Cicurella (Araneae: Dictynidae), and a first visual assessment of their distribution
Author
Paquin, Pierre
Cave and Endangered Invertebrate Research Laboratory, SWCA Environmental Consultants, 4407 Monterey Oaks Boulevard, Building 1, Suite 110, Austin, Texas, 78749, USA. E-mail: ppaquin @ swca. com & This is publication no. 15 of the Karst Biosciences and Environmental Geophysics Research Laboratories, SWCA Environmental Consultants
Author
Dupérré, Nadine
American Museum of Natural History, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Central Park West at 79 Street, New York, New York, 10024 USA. E-mail: nduperre @ amnh. org
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Zootaxa
2009
2009-02-04
2002
1
67
journal article
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Cicurina (Cicurella) reyesi
Gertsch 1992
(
Figs 88–89
,
132
)
Cicurina reyesi
Gertsch 1992: 107
, figs 85–86 (description of female).
—
Jackman 1997: 162
;
Paquin & Hedin 2004: 3243–3245
, 3254.
HOLOTYPE
female:
“
Texas
;
Travis County
;
Airman’s Cave
,
3 Sept. 1989
.
J. Reddell
,
M. Reyes
”. Examined (
AMNH
).
Description.
Female
holotype
Total length: 4.41; carapace length: 2.07; carapace width: 1.35. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 6 denticles (3 large, 3 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 short transverse slit, bearing medial, very deep, inverted V-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, almost completely intruded by dome-shaped dorsal plate going over epigynal slit, atrial aperture small; bursa slightly enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts separated at midpoint, reaching top of primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located apically; primary pores visible (1 seen); stalk, short, straight, obliquely directed, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe hat-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal short, reaching dictynoid pore; fertilization duct internally attached to the primary lobe base.
Distribution
. Only reported from the
type
locality: Airman’s Cave (Travis County,
Texas
,
Fig. 132
).
Remarks.
Male known, but not described (
Gertsch 1992
). The epigynum is slightly damaged, but the copulatory ducts and their position seem to be intact.