Cicurina (Cicurella) mckenziei 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

Cicurina (Cicurella) mckenziei Gertsch 1992

( Figs 54–55, 136)

Cicurina mckenziei Gertsch 1992: 115 , figs 139–140 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas; Bandera County, Fog Fissure , 5 mi. N of Vanderpool , October 30, 1963 D. McKenzie coll.”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 4.77; carapace length: 2.00; carapace width: 1.30; opisthosoma length: 2.35. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side likewise (the two large ones are fused at base); retromargin right side with 6 denticles (2 large, 4 small), left side with 7 denticles (2 large, 5 small). Leg I: total length: 6.65; femur: 1.89; patella: 0.70; tibia: 1.58; metatarsus: 1.55; tarsus: 0.95; leg IV: missing. Tarsal claw IV: missing. Epigynum: 0.378. Epigynal ventral plate with short transverse slit, bearing medial, deep, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, two-thirds intruded by straight dorsal plate, atrial aperture moderate; bursa enlarge, not fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint, reaching over primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located medially; primary pores not visible; stalk short, straight, obliquely directed, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe light-bulb shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal long, internally positioned from dictynoid pore; fertilization duct internally attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Fog Fissure ( Bandera County , Texas, Fig. 136).

Remarks. Male unknown.