Cicurina (Cicurella) brunsi 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 : 16-17

publication ID

1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5243010

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scientific name

Cicurina (Cicurella) brunsi Cokendolpher 2004
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Cicurina (Cicurella) brunsi Cokendolpher 2004 View in CoL

( Figs 18–19, 134)

Cicurina brunsi Cokendolpher 2004a: 19–20 View in CoL , 22, 24, 27, 34, 38 –40, figs 32–33 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162; Reddell & Cokendolpher 2004: 79; Paquin & Hedin 2004: 3243–3245, 3249, 3253.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas: Bexar Co., Camp Bullis, Stahl Cave , 1 Nov. 2001, J.R. Reddell and M. Reyes (molted 14 Dec. 2001, 2 Aug. 2002)”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 3.51; carapace length: 1.53; carapace width: 1.08; opisthosoma length: 1.98. 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 with 6 denticles (3 large, 3 small). Leg I: total length: 4.30; femur: 1.25; patella: 0.45; tibia: 1.05; metatarsus: 0.95; tarsus: 0.60; leg IV: total length: 4.75; femur: 1.15; patella: 0.50; tibia: 1.10; metatarsus: 1.25; tarsus: 0.75. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum: 0.294 mm. Epigynal ventral plate with long transverse slit, bearing medial, shallow, inverted V-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, half intruded by dorsal plate, atrial aperture moderate; bursa enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts scarcely separated at midpoint, reaching top of primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located basally; primary pores not visible; 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 long, externally positioned from dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.

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

Remarks. Male unknown.

Cokendolpher, J. C. (2004 a) Cicurina spiders from caves in Bexar County, Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Speleological Monographs, 6. Studies on the cave and endogean fauna of North America, 4, 13 - 58.

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

Paquin, P., & Hedin, M. (2004) The power and perils of ' molecular taxonomy': a case study of eyeless and endangered relatives. Report to Fish and Wildlife Services (Austin, Texas, U. S. A). 1 - 40 p.

Reddell, J. R. & Cokendolpher, J. C. (2004) The cave spiders (Araneae) of Bexar and Comal counties, Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Speleological Monographs, 6. Studies on the cave and endogean fauna of North America, IV, 75 - 94.

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Hahniidae

Genus

Cicurina