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) gruta
Gertsch 1992
(
Figs 38–39
,
138
)
Cicurina gruta
Gertsch 1992: 117
, figs 147–148 (description of female).
—
Reddell 1995: 23
;
Jackman 1997: 162
;
Cokendolpher 2004a: 24
, 52.
HOLOTYPE
female:
“
Texas
:
Dunbar Cave
,
Edwards County
, w100;n29,
September 29, 1956
W. McAlister
coll.”.
Examined
(
AMNH
).
Description.
Female
holotype
Total length: 3.78; carapace length: 1.80; 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 6 denticles (3 large, 3 small). Leg I: total length: 5.45; femur: 1.53; patella: 0.58; tibia: 1.30; metatarsus: 1.25; tarsus: 0.80; leg IV: total length: 6.14; femur: 1.54; patella: 0.55; tibia: 1.50; metatarsus: 1.60; tarsus: 0.95. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum length: 0.434. Epigynal ventral plate with moderate transverse slit, bearing medial, deep, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium squared, twothirds intruded by rounded dorsal plate, atrial aperture small; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts barely separated at midpoint, reaching top of primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located basally; primary pores not visible; stalk short, straight, obliquely directed, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe elongated; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal short, externally positioned from the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.
Distribution
. Only reported from the
type
locality: Dunbar Cave (Edwards County,
Texas
,
Fig. 138
).
Remarks.
Male unknown. Data added by
Gertsch (1992)
: “
20 miles
sw Rocksprings” to facilitate the location of the cave.