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) bandida Gertsch 1992 ( Figs 10–11 , 132 ) Cicurina bandida Gertsch 1992: 107 , figs 79–80 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162 , 171; Reddell 2005: 557 . HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas ; Bandit Cave , Travis County , W97 N30, May 26 1966 , J. Reddell & J. Fish colls.”. Examined ( AMNH ). Additional material examined. UNITED STATES : Travis County : Ireland’s Cave , 14.iii.1964 , 1f# [ TMM #11790 ], B. Russell ( TMM ); 23.i.1989 , 2f# [ TMM #11785 ], J. Reddell , M. Reyes , E. Grimm , M. Grimm ( TMM ) . Description. Female holotype Total length: 5.65; carapace length: 2.75; carapace width: 1.80; opisthosoma length: 2.90. Eyes absent. patella: 1.00; tibia: 2.35; metatarsus: 2.25; tarsus: 1.10; leg IV: total length: 11.05; femur: 2.95; patella: 1.05; tibia: 2.60; metatarsus: 3.00; tarsus: 1.45. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum: 0.328 mm . Epigynal ventral plate with long transverse slit, bearing medial, very deep, inverted V-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, almost completely intruded by triangular dorsal plate, atrial aperture small; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint, reaching top of primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located medially, primary pores not visible; stalk, short, recurved, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore not observed; primary lobe hat-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal not observed; fertilization duct internally attached to the primary lobe base. Distribution . Known from two caves in Travis County ( Texas ): Bandit Cave ( type locality) and Ireland’s Cave ( Fig. 132 ). Remarks. Male unknown. Gertsch added in his 1992 paper: “Rollingwood” referring to the general location of the cave. The illustrations presented in Gertsch’s paper (1992: figs 79–80) are not of the holotype , as the specimen was not dissected. A dissection is necessary to present the dorsal view of his figure 80. Gertsch (1992) reported the existence of an aberrant specimen for that species.