Cicurina (Cicurella) venefica 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 : 50-51

Cicurina (Cicurella) venefica Gertsch 1992

( Figs 114–115, 137)

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas: Terrell Co.: Wizard’s Well. 12–13 Feb. 1983. Eric Short, Randy Waters”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 4.57; carapace length: 2.42; carapace width: 1.60; opisthosoma length 2.17. 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: 6.95; femur: 2.15; patella: 0.60; tibia: 1.75; metatarsus: 1.55; tarsus: 0.90; leg IV: total length: 8.45; femur: 2.55; patella: 0.65; tibia: 1.95; metatarsus: 2.20; tarsus: 1.10. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum length: 0.452. Epigynal ventral plate with short transverse slit, bearing medial deep, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium squared, almost completely intruded by rounded dorsal plate; atrial aperture small; bursa not enlarged, nor fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint, reaching well over primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located basally; primary pores not visible; stalk short, curved, horizontally directed, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe kidney-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal short, reaching the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Wizard’s Well (Terrell County, Texas, Fig. 137).

Remarks. Male unknown.