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) wiltoni Gertsch 1992 ( Figs 126–128 ) Cicurina wiltoni Gertsch 1992: 119 , figs 145–146, 159–160 (description of male and female). one of the two localities with the range of C. madla . Dark circle symbols refer to confirmed localities, open circles to literature records. FIGURE 134 . Distribution of troglobitic Cicurina (subgenus Cicurella ) species in Bexar and Comal Counties. The range of the species is indicated by an area that includes all known locations. Each cave is indicated by a dot. The species ranges are accompanied by the illustration of the holotype epigynum (in ventral view). The type locality of C. platypus , Platypus Pit , apparently also harbors C. bullis , as indicated by the overlap of the ranges. The distribution range of C. madla includes a locality in Uvalde County (see Fig. 135), as suggested by the arrow pointing to the South West. Cicurina vespera is known from a single specimen apparently collected from Government Canyon Bat Cave. The DNA samples included in the analysis of Paquin & Hedin (2004) from this locality suggested that the immature Cicurina collected from Government Canyon Bat Cave are conspecific with C. madla , questioning the identity of the cave at the origin of the specimen used to describe C. vespera . The two localities harboring C. neovespera are rather obscure and could not be established with certainty, other than by an approximate location, resulting in a conflicting range of at least FIGURE 135 . Distribution of troglobitic Cicurina (subgenus Cicurella ) species in Uvalde, Real and Bandera Counties. The range of the species is indicated by an area that includes all known locations. Each cave is indicated by a dot. The species ranges are accompanied by the illustration of the holotype epigynum or palp (in ventral view). The record of C. madla from Uvalde County is based on a DNA match of an immature published in Paquin & Hedin (2004) , extending the range from Bexar County, as suggested by the arrow pointing to the North East. Cicurina medina is only known from the FIGURE 136 . Distribution of troglobitic Cicurina (subgenus Cicurella ) species in Kerr, Real and Bandera Counties. The range of the species is indicated by an area that includes all known locations. Each cave is indicated by a dot. The species ranges are accompanied by the illustration of the holotype epigynum (in ventral view). Description. Female holotype Total length: 4.68; carapace length: 2.25; carapace width: 1.45. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), the two large teeth are fused at base; retromargin right side with 8 denticles (3 large, 5 small), left side with 7 denticles (3 large, 4 small). Leg I: total length: 6.95; femur: 1.95; patella: 0.75; tibia: 1.75; metatarsus: 1.60; tarsus: 0.90; leg IV: total length: 8.13; femur: 2.15; patella: 0.80; tibia: 1.95; metatarsus: 2.20; tarsus: 1.05. Tarsal claw IV: 0.20. Epigynum: 0.364 mm . Epigynal ventral plate with long transverse slit, indentation absent; atrium rectangular, half intruded by straight dorsal, atrial aperture moderate; bursa enlarged, fused; copulatory ducts slightly separated at midpoint, reaching top of primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located medially; primary pores visible (1 seen), positioned dorsally; stalk, short, straight, oblique, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore triangular; primary lobe light-bulb shaped; secondary lobe present, positioned ventro-basally; fertilization canal long, reaching over the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct internally attached to the primary lobe base. Distribution . Only reported from Crystal Caverns (Jefferson County, Alabama , Fig. 128 ). Remarks. Both sexes are described. The holotype vial contained the female holotype and two immature specimens not mentioned in Gertsch (1992) . Gertsch listed McClunney-Alabama Caverns for the species, which is another name for Crystal Caverns. This species is the only eyeless member of the subgenus occurring north of Texas ( Fig. 128 ).