Cicurina (Cicurella) obscura 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 : 34

Cicurina (Cicurella) obscura Gertsch 1992

( Figs 66–67, 135)

Cicurina obscura Gertsch 1992: 113 , figs 115–116 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas; Bandera Co., Sutherland Hollow C. , 4 August 74, S. Sweet ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 3.87; carapace length: 1.98; carapace width: 1.35; opisthosoma length: 1.89. 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: 5.20; femur: 1.45; patella: 0.60; tibia: 1.25; metatarsus: 1.15; tarsus: 0.75; leg IV: total length: 6.15; femur: 1.45; patella: 0.60; tibia: 1.50; metatarsus: 1.65; tarsus: 0.95. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum: 0.266. Epigynal ventral plate with short transverse slit, bearing medial, shallow, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, two-thirds intruded by straight dorsal plate, atrial aperture small; bursa enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts almost touching at midpoint, reaching considerably over primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located basally; primary pores visible (1 seen); 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: Sutherland Hollow Cave ( Bandera County , Texas, Fig. 135).

Remarks. Male unknown.