Cicurina (Cicurella) medina 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 : 30-32

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Cicurina (Cicurella) medina Gertsch 1992 View in CoL

( Figs 56–57, 135)

Cicurina medina Gertsch 1992: 117 View in CoL , figs 149–150 (description of male). — Jackman 1997: 162.

HOLOTYPE male: “ Texas; Medina County Boehme’s Cave , 3 mi. So. of main dam, February 16, 1964 J. Reddell, D. McKenzie & J. Porter. ” Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Male holotype

Total length: 3.60; carapace length: 1.71; carapace width: 1.35; opisthosoma length: 1.75. 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: 6.10; femur: 1.60; patella: 0.60; tibia: 1.50; metatarsus: 1.40; tarsus: 1.00; leg IV: total length: 7.03; femur: 1.85; patella: 0.60; tibia: 1.58; metatarsus: 1.93; tarsus: 1.08. Tarsal claw IV: 0.11. Cymbium length: 0.70; cymbium and tibia: 0.91. Apex of cymbium as long as wide; apex of tegulum with deep notch, generating a large swelling; tegular apophysis fold smooth, with two uniformly rounded swelling; proximal end (P) recurving on base of tegular apophysis, long, slim, straight and pointed; ratio P’\TA’= 0.41; retrolateral tibial apophysis (RTA) apical end pointed, simple, only Cicurina mckenziei Gertsch 1992 . 56–57 Cicurina medina Gertsch 1992 . 58–59 Cicurina menardia Gertsch 1992 . 60–61 Cicurina mirifica Gertsch 1992 . 62–63 Cicurina mixmaster Cokendolpher & Reddell 2001 . 64–65 Cicurina neovespera Cokendolpher 2004 . 66–67 Cicurina obscura Gertsch 1992 . Scale bar = 0.1 mm.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Boehme’s Cave (Medina County, Texas, Fig. 135).

Remarks. Female unknown. Data added by Gertsch in his 1992 paper: “on Lake Medina” to facilitate the location of the type locality. Cicurina (Cicurella) medina is the only eyeless Cicurina (Cicurella) described from a male only. The collection of a female from this locality is needed to clarify the taxonomic status of that species that could have been described from an adjacent locality ( Fig. 135).

References

Cokendolpher, J. C. & Reddell, J. R. (2001) Cave spiders (Araneae) of Fort Hood, Texas, with descriptions of new species of Cicurina (Dictynidae) and Neoleptoneta (Leptonetidae). Texas Memorial Museum Speleological Monographs, 5. Studies on the cave and endogean fauna of North America, 3: 35 - 56.

Gertsch, W. J. (1977) Report on cavernicole and epigean spiders from the Yucatan Peninsula. Association for Mexican Cave Studies, Bulletin, 6, 103 - 131.

Gertsch, W. J. (1992). Distribution patterns and speciation in North American cave spiders with a list of the troglobites and revision of the cicurinas of the subgenus Cicurella. Texas Memorial Museum Speleological Monographs, 3. Studies on the endogean fauna of North America. 2, 75 - 122.

Jackman, J. A. (1997) A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Houston, Texas: Gulf Publishing Company. xiv + 201 pp. + 32 plates.