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) patei Gertsch 1992 ( Figs 74–75 , 138 ) Cicurina patei Gertsch 1992: 113 , figs 117–118 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162 ; Cokendolpher 2004a: 24 , 52–53. HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas : Val Verde County : Fawcett’s Cave, 8 Aug. 1987 . Dale Pate”. Examined ( AMNH ). Description. Female holotype Total length: 4.86; carapace length: 2.25; carapace width: 1.44; opisthosoma length 2.61. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side 4 teeth (3 large, 1 small); retromargin right side with 6 denticles (3 large, 3 small), left side with 5 denticles (2 large, 3 small). Leg I: total length: 6.88; femur: 1.95; patella: 0.63; tibia: 1.70; metatarsus: 1.60; tarsus: 1.00; leg IV: total length: 8.16; femur: 2.18; patella: 0.68; tibia: 2.00; metatarsus: 2.20; tarsus: 1.10. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum length: 0.434. Epigynal ventral plate with long transverse slit, bearing medial, deep, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, half intruded by slightly rounded dorsal plate, atrial aperture moderate; bursa enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint, reaching somewhat over 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 elongated; primary lobe elongated; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal short, reaching the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base. Distribution . Only reported from the type locality: Fawcett’s Cave (Val Verde County, Texas , Fig. 138 ). FIGURES 68–87. Cleared epigynum of troglobitic Cicurina ( Cicurella ) holotypes. For each species, a ventral and a dorsal view of the cleared epigynum are presented; the low number refers to the ventral view and the high number refers to the dorsal view. 68–69 Cicurina orellia Gertsch 1992 . 70–71 Cicurina pablo Gertsch 1992 . 72–73 Cicurina pastura Gertsch 1992 . 74–75 Cicurina patei Gertsch 1992 . 76–77 Cicurina platypus Cokendolpher 2004 . 78–79 Cicurina porteri Gertsch 1992 . 80–81 Cicurina puentecilla Gertsch 1992 . 82–83 Cicurina rainesi Gertsch 1992 . 84–85 Cicurina reclusa Gertsch 1992 . 86–87 Cicurina reddelli Gertsch 1992 . Scale bar = 0.1 mm .