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) bandera
Gertsch 1992
(
Figs 8–9
,
135
)
Cicurina bandera
Gertsch 1992: 111
, figs 113–114 (description of female).
—
Jackman 1997: 162
.
HOLOTYPE
female:
“
Texas
;
Fossil Cave
,
Bandera County, W
99 N29,
July 23, 1966
J. Reddell
,
D. McKenzie
colls.”. Examined (
AMNH
).
Description.
Female
holotype
Total length: 4.20; carapace length: 2.10; carapace width: 1.40; opisthosoma length: 2.10. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 4 teeth (1 large, 3 small), left side 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small); retromargin right side with 5 denticles (2 large, 3 small), left side 6 denticles (2 large, 4 small). Leg I: total length: 6.40; femur: 1.80; patella: 0.65; tibia: 1.55; metatarsus: 1.45; tarsus: 0.95; leg IV: total length: 7.20; femur: 1.95; patella: 0.65; tibia: 1.70; metatarsus: 1.90; tarsus: 1.00. Tarsal claw IV: 0.14. Epigynum: 0.182 (half size). Epigynal ventral plate with long transverse slit; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts reaching over primary lobe apex; primary pores not visible; stalk short, procurved 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 the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.
Distribution.
Only reported from the
type
locality: Fossil Cave (
Bandera County
,
Texas
,
Fig. 135
).
Remarks.
Male unknown. The description of the epigynum is incomplete because the
holotype
was damaged.