Cicurina (Cicurella) baronia 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

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5243004
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scientific name	Cicurina (Cicurella) baronia Gertsch 1992
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Cicurina (Cicurella) baronia Gertsch 1992 View in CoL

( Figs 12–13, 134)

Cicurina baronia Gertsch 1992: 109 View in CoL , chart 2, figs 89–90, 155–156 (description of male and female). — Jackman 1997: 162, 171; Cokendolpher 2004a: 19–20, 24, 27, 34, 38–41, 54, figs 28–31; Reddell & Cokendolpher 2004: 79; Paquin & Hedin 2004: 3249.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Holotype. Robber Baron’s Cave, San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex. April 1969. Roger Bartholomew”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 5.45; carapace length: 2.30; carapace width: 1.55; opisthosoma length: 3.15. 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: 6.68; femur: 1.80; patella: 0.75; tibia: 1.53; metatarsus: 1.65; tarsus: 0.95; leg IV: total length: 7.90; femur: 2.05; patella: 0.80; tibia: 2.15; metatarsus: 1.08; tarsus: 0.48. Tarsal claw IV: 0.17. Epigynum: 0.462. Epigynal ventral plate with moderate transverse slit, bearing medial, shallow, inverted U-shape indentation; atrium rectangular, half-intruded by slightly rounded dorsal plate, atrial aperture moderate; bursa slightly enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts widely separated at midpoint, reaching primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located basally; primary pores visible (1 seen); stalk short, straight, horizontal, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe ear-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal short, externally positioned from the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Robber Baron Cave (Bexar County, Texas, Fig. 134).

Remarks. Both sexes are described. The official name for the type locality is Robber Baron Cave and not Robber Baron’s Cave. This species is included on the U.S. Federal list of endangered species ( Longacre 2000).