Cicurina (Cicurella) pastura 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 : 36

Cicurina (Cicurella) pastura Gertsch 1992

( Figs 72–73, 136)

Cicurina pastura Gertsch 1992: 114 , figs 123–124 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Water Pond Pasture Cave , Kerr Co., Texas. 16 Oct. 1976. D. Pate, R. Fieseler, C. Yates ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 3.78; carapace length: 1.98; carapace width: 1.26; opisthosoma length: 1.80. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 7 denticles (5 large, 2 small), left side 6 denticles (3 large, 3 small). Leg I: total length: 5.85; femur: 1.60; patella: 0.60; tibia: 1.45; metatarsus: 1.35; tarsus: 0.85; leg IV: total length: 6.60; femur: 1.75; patella: 0.65; tibia: 1.60; metatarsus: 1.70; tarsus: 0.90. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum: 0.346. Epigynal ventral plate with long transverse slit, bearing medial, shallow, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, half intruded by slightly 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 visible (1 seen); stalk short, straight, obliquely 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, externally positioned from dictynoid pore; fertilization duct internally attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Water Pond Pasture Cave (Kerr County, Fig. 136).

Remarks. Male unknown. The holotype vial contained the female holotype and four immature spiders not reported in Gertsch (1992). The position of the copulatory ducts may have been altered from their original position as the epigynum is damaged.