Cicurina (Cicurella) caliga Cokendolpher & Reddell 2001

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

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5243016
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scientific name	Cicurina (Cicurella) caliga Cokendolpher & Reddell 2001
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Cicurina (Cicurella) caliga Cokendolpher & Reddell 2001 View in CoL

( Figs 24–25, 129)

Cicurina caliga Cokendolpher & Reddell 2001: 38 View in CoL , figs 1–2 (description of female). — Cokendolpher 2004b: 61; Paquin & Hedin 2004: 3243–3245, 3247–3248, 3253; Taylor et al. 2005: 98.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas: Bell County: Triple J Cave, Nov. 1994, M. Warton ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Additional material examined. UNITED STATES: Bell County: Buchanan Cave (Fort Hood), 05.v.1999, 1♀ [ TMM #14189 View Materials ], J. Reddell, M. Reyes PARATYPE ( TMM); Streak Cave (Fort Hood), 13.vi.2000, 1♀ [ TMM #31589 View Materials ], J. Krejca, J. Reddell, M. Reyes, P. Sprouse PARATYPE ( TMM) .

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 3.96; carapace length: 1.98; carapace width: 1.26; opisthosoma length: 1,98. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 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: 5.53; femur: 1.40; patella: 0.60; tibia: 1.40; metatarsus: 1.28; tarsus: 0.85; leg IV: total length: 6.30; femur: 1.65; patella: 0.55; tibia: 1.50; metatarsus: 1.70; tarsus: 0.90. Tarsal claw IV: 0.16. Epigynum: 0.336 mm. Epigynal ventral plate with short transverse slit, bearing medial, very deep, inverted V-shaped indentation; atrium squared, almost completely intruded by dome-shaped dorsal plate, atrial aperture small; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts separated at midpoint, reaching primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located basally; primary pores visible (1 seen); stalk, short, straight, horizontal, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe hat-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal short, externally positioned from dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Reported from three caves: Buchanan Cave, Streak Cave, and Triple J Cave (type locality), (Bell County, Texas, Fig. 129).

Remarks. Male unknown. According to Cokendolpher & Reddell (2001), C. caliga is found in sympatry with C. hoodensis in Buchanan Cave, the type locality of C. hoodensis .