Cicurina (Cicurella) watersi 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 : 55-57

Cicurina (Cicurella) watersi Gertsch 1992

( Figs 124–125, 135)

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas; Uvalde County; Frio Queen Cave . Summer 1983, Randy M. Waters ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 4.15; carapace length: 2.00; carapace width: 1.20; opisthosoma length 2.15. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 7 denticles (2 large, 5 small), left side likewise. Leg I: total length: 7.10; femur: 2.00; patella: 0.70; tibia: 1.80; slit, bearing medial, deep, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium squared, two-thirds intruded by rounded dorsal plate, atrial aperture small; bursa enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts slightly separated at midpoint, reaching top of primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located basally; primary pores not visible; stalk short, procurved, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe kidney-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal long, externally positioned from the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Frio Queen Cave (Uvalde County, Texas, Fig. 135).

Remarks. Male unknown.