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) brunsi
Cokendolpher 2004
(
Figs 18–19
,
134
)
Cicurina brunsi
Cokendolpher 2004a: 19–20
, 22, 24, 27, 34,
38
–40, figs 32–33 (description of female).
—
Jackman 1997: 162
;
Reddell & Cokendolpher 2004: 79
;
Paquin & Hedin 2004: 3243–3245
, 3249, 3253.
HOLOTYPE
female:
“
Texas
:
Bexar Co.
, Camp Bullis,
Stahl Cave
,
1 Nov. 2001
,
J.R. Reddell
and
M. Reyes
(molted
14 Dec. 2001
,
2 Aug. 2002
)”. Examined (
AMNH
).
Description.
Female
holotype
Total length: 3.51; carapace length: 1.53; carapace width: 1.08; opisthosoma length: 1.98. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (1 large, 2 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 7 denticles (3 large, 4 small), left side with 6 denticles (3 large, 3 small). Leg I: total length: 4.30; femur: 1.25; patella: 0.45; tibia: 1.05; metatarsus: 0.95; tarsus: 0.60; leg IV: total length: 4.75; femur: 1.15; patella: 0.50; tibia: 1.10; metatarsus: 1.25; tarsus: 0.75. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum:
0.294 mm
. Epigynal ventral plate with long transverse slit, bearing medial, shallow, inverted V-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, half intruded by dorsal plate, atrial aperture moderate; bursa enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts scarcely separated at midpoint, reaching top of primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located basally; primary pores not visible; stalk, short, straight, horizontal, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe ear-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal long, externally positioned from dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.
Distribution
. Only reported from the
type
locality: Stahl Cave (Bexar County,
Texas
,
Fig. 134
).
Remarks.
Male unknown.