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) venefica Gertsch 1992 ( Figs 114–115 , 137 ) HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas : Terrell Co. : Wizard’s Well. 12–13 Feb. 1983 . Eric Short, Randy Waters”. Examined ( AMNH ). Description. Female holotype Total length: 4.57; carapace length: 2.42; carapace width: 1.60; opisthosoma length 2.17. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 6 denticles (3 large, 3 small), left side likewise. Leg I: total length: 6.95; femur: 2.15; patella: 0.60; tibia: 1.75; metatarsus: 1.55; tarsus: 0.90; leg IV: total length: 8.45; femur: 2.55; patella: 0.65; tibia: 1.95; metatarsus: 2.20; tarsus: 1.10. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum length: 0.452. Epigynal ventral plate with short transverse slit, bearing medial deep, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium squared, almost completely intruded by rounded dorsal plate; atrial aperture small; bursa not enlarged, nor fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint, reaching well over primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located basally; primary pores not visible; stalk short, curved, horizontally directed, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe kidney-shaped; 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: Wizard’s Well (Terrell County, Texas , Fig. 137 ). Remarks. Male unknown.