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
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2002
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journal article
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Cicurina (Cicurella) caliga
Cokendolpher & Reddell 2001
(
Figs 24–25
,
129
)
Cicurina caliga
Cokendolpher & Reddell 2001: 38
, figs 1–2 (description of female).
—
Cokendolpher 2004b: 61
;
Paquin & Hedin 2004: 3243–3245
, 3247–3248, 3253;
Taylor
et al
. 2005: 98
.
HOLOTYPE
female:
“
Texas
:
Bell County
: Triple J Cave,
Nov. 1994
,
M. Warton
”. Examined (
AMNH
).
Additional material examined.
UNITED STATES
:
Bell County
:
Buchanan Cave
(
Fort Hood
),
05.v.1999
,
1♀
[
TMM #14189
],
J. Reddell
,
M. Reyes
PARATYPE
(
TMM
);
Streak Cave
(
Fort Hood
),
13.vi.2000
,
1♀
[
TMM #31589
],
J. Krejca
,
J. Reddell
,
M. Reyes
,
P. Sprouse
PARATYPE
(
TMM
)
.
Description.
Female
holotype
Total length: 3.96; carapace length: 1.98; carapace width: 1.26; opisthosoma length: 1,98. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 7 denticles (3 large, 4 small), left side with 6 denticles (3 large, 3 small). Leg I: total length: 5.53; femur: 1.40; patella: 0.60; tibia: 1.40; metatarsus: 1.28; tarsus: 0.85; leg IV: total length: 6.30; femur: 1.65; patella: 0.55; tibia: 1.50; metatarsus: 1.70; tarsus: 0.90. Tarsal claw IV: 0.16. Epigynum:
0.336 mm
. Epigynal ventral plate with short transverse slit, bearing medial, very deep, inverted V-shaped indentation; atrium squared, almost completely intruded by dome-shaped dorsal plate, atrial aperture small; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts separated at midpoint, reaching primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located basally; primary pores visible (1 seen); stalk, short, straight, horizontal, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe hat-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal short, externally positioned from dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.
Distribution
. Reported from three caves: Buchanan Cave, Streak Cave, and Triple J Cave (
type
locality), (Bell County,
Texas
,
Fig. 129
).
Remarks.
Male unknown. According to
Cokendolpher & Reddell (2001)
,
C. caliga
is found in sympatry with
C. hoodensis
in Buchanan Cave, the
type
locality of
C. hoodensis
.