Cicurina (Cicurella) rainesi 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 : 39-40

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1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5243063

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scientific name

Cicurina (Cicurella) rainesi Gertsch 1992
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Cicurina (Cicurella) rainesi Gertsch 1992 View in CoL

( Figs 82–83, 138)

Cicurina rainesi Gertsch 1992: 117 View in CoL , figs 143–144 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162; Reddell 1995: 23; Cokendolpher 2004a: 24, 52.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas; Edwards Co. 3–Bounce Pit, Carta Valley , Feb., 1974. R. Raines, J. Lewis, R. Fieseler ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 4.59; carapace length: 2.61; carapace width: 1.64; opisthosoma length 1.98. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 7 denticles (3 large, 4 small), left side likewise. Leg I: total length: 7.45; femur: 1.90; patella: 0.75; tibia: 1.90; metatarsus: 1.80; tarsus: 1.10; leg IV: total length: 8.55; femur: 2.10; patella: 0.80; tibia: 2.05; metatarsus: 2.40; tarsus: 1.20. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum length: 0.406. Epigynal ventral plate with moderate transverse slit, bearing medial, deep, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, half intruded by rounded dorsal plate, atrial aperture moderate; bursa enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint, reaching well over primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located medially; primary pores not visible; stalk short, straight, horizontal, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore elongated; primary lobe elongated; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal short, externally positioned from dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: 3–Bounce Pit (Edwards County, Texas, Fig. 138).

Remarks. Male unknown. The holotype vial also contained one immature specimen not mentioned in Gertsch (1992).

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Hahniidae

Genus

Cicurina

Loc

Cicurina (Cicurella) rainesi Gertsch 1992

Paquin, Pierre & Dupérré, Nadine 2009
2009
Loc

Cicurina rainesi

Cokendolpher, J. C. 2004: 24
Jackman, J. A. 1997: 162
Reddell, J. R. 1995: 23
Gertsch, W. J. 1992: 117
1992
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