Cicurina (Cicurella) ubicki 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 : 48

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5243083
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scientific name	Cicurina (Cicurella) ubicki Gertsch 1992
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Cicurina (Cicurella) ubicki Gertsch 1992 View in CoL

( Figs 110–111, 133)

Cicurina ubicki Gertsch 1992: 109 View in CoL , figs 87–88 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas; Hays Co., Fern Cave , 2 September 1989, D. Ubick, S. Fend, S. Renkes ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Additional material examined. UNITED STATES: Hays County: McGlothlin Cave , 26.v.1989, 1♀ 2 juvs, A. Grubbs, J. Reddell, M. Reyes ( AMNH) .

Description. Female holotype

Epigynum: 0.364 mm. Epigynal ventral plate with short transverse slit, bearing medial, deep, inverted Ushaped indentation; atrium square, completely intruded by dome-shaped dorsal plate, atrial aperture minuscule; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts scarcely separated at midpoint, reaching slightly over of primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located apically; 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 hat-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal short, internally positioned from dictynoid pore; fertilization duct internally attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Known from Fern Cave (type locality) and McGlothlin Cave (Hays County, Texas, Fig. 133).

Remarks. Male unknown. The holotype vial contained only one epigynum and three immature specimens.