Cicurina (Cicurella) loftini 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 : 27-28

publication ID	11755334
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5243033
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scientific name	Cicurina (Cicurella) loftini Cokendolpher 2004
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Cicurina (Cicurella) loftini Cokendolpher 2004 View in CoL

( Figs 46–47, 134)

Cicurina loftini Cokendolpher 2004a: 16 View in CoL , 19–20, 22–25, 27, 34, 41 –43, 47, figs 37–39 (description of female). — Reddell & Cokendolpher 2004: 80; Paquin & Hedin 2004: 3243–3245, 3253.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas: Bexar County: Caracol Creek Coon Cave . 15 June 1993. J. Loftin, J. Reddell, M. Reyes, G. Veni ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Additional material examined. UNITED STATES: Bexar County: SBC Cave (TxDOT loop 1604), 20.ii.2003, 1♀, K. White ( CPAD) .

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 4.41; carapace length: 2.16; carapace width: 1.35; opisthosoma length: 2.25. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (1 large, 2 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 6 denticles (2 large, 4 small), left side with 6 denticles (3 large, 3 small). Leg I: total length: 5.85; femur: 1.65; patella: 0.60; tibia: 1.45; metatarsus: 1.35; tarsus: 0.80; leg IV: total length: 6.75; femur: 1.80; patella: 0.70; tibia: 1.60; metatarsus: 1.75; tarsus: 0.90. Tarsal claw IV: 0.17. Epigynum: 0.364 mm. Epigynum with moderate transverse slit, bearing medial, shallow, U-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, almost completely intruded by slightly rounded dorsal plate, atrial aperture small; bursa enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint, reaching top of primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located medially; primary pores visible (1 and 2 seen); stalk, short, recurved, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe ear-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal long, externally positioned from the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only known from Caracol Creek Coon Cave (type locality) and SBC Cave (Bexar County, Texas, Fig. 134).

Remarks. Male unknown.