Cicurina (Cicurella) mixmaster Cokendolpher & Reddell 2001

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 : 33

Cicurina (Cicurella) mixmaster Cokendolpher & Reddell 2001

( Figs 62–63, 129)

Cicurina mixmaster Cokendolpher & Reddell 2001: 41 , figs 8–9 (description of female). — Paquin & Hedin 2004: 3243–3246, 3249, 3253; Taylor et al. 2005: 98.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas: Coryell County: Mixmaster Cave, Fort Hood. 5 Nov. 1998. J. Cokendolpher, J. Krejca, J. Reddell, M. Reyes ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 5.76; carapace length: 2.79; carapace width: 1.98; opisthosoma length: 2.97. 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: 7.98; femur: 2.30; patella: 0.83; tibia: 1.80; metatarsus: 1.85; tarsus: 1,20; leg IV: total length: 9.35; femur: 2.50; patella: 0.80; tibia: 2.25; metatarsus: 2.55; tarsus: 1.25. Tarsal claw IV: 0.17. Epigynum: 0.406 mm. Epigynal ventral plate with short transverse slit, bearing medial, very deep, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium square, almost completely intruded by dome-shaped dorsal plate, atrial aperture small; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts separated at midpoint, reaching top primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located medially; primary pore visible (1 seen); stalk short, straight, obliquely directed, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe hat-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal short, reaching primary pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Mixmaster Cave (Coryell County, Texas, Fig. 129).

Remarks. Male unknown.