Cicurina (Cicurella) bullis Cokendolpher 2004

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 : 17

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5243012
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scientific name	Cicurina (Cicurella) bullis Cokendolpher 2004
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Cicurina (Cicurella) bullis Cokendolpher 2004 View in CoL

( Figs 20–21, 134)

Cicurina bullis Cokendolpher 2004a: 16 View in CoL , 18–22, 24–27, 34, 39– 41, 52, 54, figs 34–36 (description of female). — Reddell & Cokendolpher 2004: 80; Paquin & Hedin 2004: 3243–3246, 3253.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas: Bexar County: Isocow Cave . Zone 3. 2 March 1994, W. Elliot, G. Veni ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Additional material examined. UNITED STATES: Bexar County: Platypus Pit , 30.iii.1995, 1♀ [ TMM #35354 View Materials ], J. Reddell, M. Reyes , PARATYPE ( TMM); Root Canal Cave (Camp Bullis), 20.iv.1999 (molted on 25.viii.1999, 09.iv.2000 and matured on 03.xii.2000), 1♀, J. Reddell, M. Reyes , PARATYPE ( TMM); Eagles Nest Cave (Camp Bullis), 01.xi.2001, 1♀ [ TMM #34452 View Materials ] J. Reddell, M. Reyes , PARATYPE ( TMM); Hilger Hole (Camp Bullis), 15.xii.2000, 1♀, J. Reddell, M. Reyes , PARATYPE ( TMM) .

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 3.96; carapace length: 1.80; carapace width: 1.26; opisthosoma length: 2.16. 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 likewise. Leg I: total length: 5.15; femur: 1.35; patella: 0.55; tibia: 1.25; metatarsus: 1.20; tarsus: 0.80; leg IV: total length: 5.95; femur: 1.65; patella: 0.55; tibia: 1.35; metatarsus: 1.55; tarsus: 0.85. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum: 0.350 mm. Epigynal ventral plate with long transverse slit, bearing medial, shallow indentation; atrium rectangular, half intruded by dorsal plate, atrial aperture small; bursa enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint, reaching slightly over 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 earshaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal short, externally positioned from dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Known from five caves in Bexar County (Texas, Fig. 134): Eagles Nest Cave, Hilger Hole, Isocow Cave (type locality), Platypus Pit, and Root Canal Cave.

Remarks. Male unknown. Data added in Cokendolpher (2004a) for holotype “top of 3.6 m drop to top of 4.6 m Pit”. According to Cokendolpher (2004a), C. bullis and C. platypus are found in sympatry in Platypus Pit, the type locality of C. platypus .