Cicurina (Cicurella) barri 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 : 15-16

Cicurina (Cicurella) barri Gertsch 1992

( Figs 14–15, 137)

Cicurina barri Gertsch 1992: 117 , figs 141–142 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162.

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 5.85; carapace length: 2.90; carapace width: 1.70; opisthosoma length 2.95. 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: 7.95; femur: 2.25; patella: 0.80; tibia: 1.80; metatarsus: 2.00; tarsus: 1.10; leg IV: total length: 8.79; femur: 2.45; patella: 0.85; tibia: 2.25; metatarsus: 2.00; tarsus: 1.24; Tarsal claw IV: 0.20. Epigynum length: 0.392. Epigynal ventral plate with long transverse slit, bearing medial, shallow, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium squared, half intruded by dorsal plate, atrial aperture moderate; bursa slightly enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint, reaching over primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located sub-basally, primary pores not visible; stalk short, straight, horizontal, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore large and rounded; primary lobe elongated; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal long, reaching over dictynoid pore; fertilization duct internally attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Caverns of Sonora (Sutton County, Texas, Fig. 137).

Remarks. Male unknown. Caverns of Sonora is the actual name used for this locality, one of the better known commercial caves of Texas.