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 text Zootaxa 2009 2009-02-04 2002 1 67 journal article 1175­5334 Cicurina (Cicurella) machete Gertsch 1992 ( Figs 48–49 , 130 ) Cicurina machete Gertsch 1992: 114 , figs 125–126 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162 . HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas ; San Saba Co. Whiteface Cave , 20 mi. South of Richland Springs , February 9, 1964 J. Reddell ; D. McKenzie & K. Garrett ”. Examined ( AMNH ). Description. Female holotype Total length: 4.68; carapace length: 2.43; carapace width: 1.53; opisthosoma length: 2.25. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 5 denticles (3 large, 2 small), left side with 7 denticles (3 large, 4 small). Leg I: total length: 7.45; femur: 2.05; patella: 0.65; tibia: 1.85; metatarsus: 1.80; tarsus: 1.10; leg IV: total length: 8.98; femur: 2.35; patella: 0.75; tibia: 2.20; metatarsus: 2.48; tarsus: 1.20. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum: 0.365. Epigynal ventral plate with short transverse slit, indentation absent; atrium rectangular, two-thirds intruded by slightly rounded dorsal plate, atrial aperture moderate; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts separated at mid-point, reaching over primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located medially; 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 kidney-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal long, externally positioned from dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base. Distribution . Only reported from the type locality: Whiteface Cave (San Saba County, Texas, Fig. 130 ). Remarks. Male unknown. The data given in Gertsch (1992) “ 30 mi. South” slightly differs from the data found on the label. The description of the epigynum is somewhat incomplete: the primary pore position is not given because these structures are displaced from their original position on the damaged holotype .