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) rainesi
Gertsch 1992
(
Figs 82–83
,
138
)
Cicurina rainesi
Gertsch 1992: 117
, figs 143–144 (description of female).
—
Jackman 1997: 162
;
Reddell 1995: 23
;
Cokendolpher 2004a: 24
, 52.
HOLOTYPE
female:
“
Texas
;
Edwards Co.
3–Bounce Pit,
Carta Valley
, Feb., 1974.
R. Raines
,
J. Lewis
,
R. Fieseler
”. Examined (
AMNH
).
Description.
Female
holotype
Total length: 4.59; carapace length: 2.61; carapace width: 1.64; 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 likewise. Leg I: total length: 7.45; femur: 1.90; patella: 0.75; tibia: 1.90; metatarsus: 1.80; tarsus: 1.10; leg IV: total length: 8.55; femur: 2.10; patella: 0.80; tibia: 2.05; metatarsus: 2.40; tarsus: 1.20. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum length: 0.406. Epigynal ventral plate with moderate transverse slit, bearing medial, deep, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, half intruded by rounded dorsal plate, atrial aperture moderate; bursa enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint, reaching well over primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located medially; primary pores not visible; stalk short, straight, horizontal, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore elongated; primary lobe elongated; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal short, externally positioned from dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.
Distribution
. Only reported from the
type
locality: 3–Bounce Pit (Edwards County,
Texas
,
Fig. 138
).
Remarks.
Male unknown. The
holotype
vial also contained
one immature
specimen not mentioned in
Gertsch (1992)
.