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) sansaba Gertsch 1992 ( Figs 92–93 , 130 ) Cicurina sansaba Gertsch 1992: 114 , figs 127–128, 153–154 (description of male and female). — Jackman 1997: 162 . HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas : San Saba Co. Gorman Cave , 6 mi. S.E. of Bend , March 15, 1963 . J. Reddell & D. McKenzie. Throughout cave”. Examined ( AMNH ). Description. Female holotype Total length: 3.69; carapace length: 1.80; carapace width: 1.17; opisthosoma length: 1.89. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (1 large, 2 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 6 denticles (2 large, 4 small), left side likewise. Leg I: total length: 5.10; femur: 1.45; patella: 0.50; tibia: 1.25; metatarsus: 1.15; tarsus: 0.55; leg IV: total length: 5.78; femur: 1.55; patella: 0.50; tibia: 1.35; metatarsus: 1.55; tarsus: 0.83. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum: 0.308. Epigynal ventral plate with moderate transverse slit, bearing medial, shallow, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, half intruded by rounded 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 medially; primary pores visible (1 seen); stalk short, recurved, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe hat-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal long, externally positioned from the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct internally attached to the primary lobe base. Distribution . Only reported from the type locality: Gorman Cave (San Saba County, Texas, Fig. 130 ). Remarks. Both sexes are described. The holotype vial contained the female holotype , one mature female (not dissected) not mentioned by Gertsch (1992) , and three immature specimens. Gertsch had “SW of Bend” in his paper, which slightly differs from the label data.