Cicurina (Cicurella) caverna Gertsch 1992

Paquin, Pierre & Dupérré, Nadine, 2009, of 60 troglobitic species of the subgenus Cicurella (Araneae: Dictynidae), and a first visual assessment of their distribution, Zootaxa 2002, pp. 1-67 : 19-21

Cicurina (Cicurella) caverna Gertsch 1992

( Figs 26–27, 137)

HOLOTYPE female: “ Kimble County. Fleming’s Cave , 4 miles No. Telegraph, February 21, 1964. Bill Russell coll. ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 3.90; carapace length: 1.90; carapace width: 1.15; opisthosoma length: 2.00. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 6 denticles (2 large, 4 small), left side 5 denticles (2 large, 3 small). Leg I: total length: 5.60; femur: 1.60; patella: 0.60; tibia: 1.25; metatarsus: 1.30; tarsus: 0.85; leg IV: total length: 6.55; femur: 1.75; patella: 0.60; tibia: 1.55; metatarsus: 1.70; tarsus: 0.95. Tarsal claw IV: 0.13. Epigynum: 0.35. Epigynal ventral plate with long transverse slit, bearing medial, very deep, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium squared, almost completely intruded by dome-shaped dorsal plate, atrial aperture small; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint, reaching over primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located sub-basally; primary pores not visible; stalk short, procurved joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore elongated; primary lobe elongated; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal long, externally positioned from the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Fleming’s Bat Cave (Kimble County, Texas, Fig. 137).

Remarks. Male unknown. Data added by Gertsch (1992): “Fleming’s Bat Cave”, which is the actual name for that cave.