Cicurina (Cicurella) sheari 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 : 44

Cicurina (Cicurella) sheari Gertsch 1992

( Figs 98–99, 136)

Cicurina sheari Gertsch 1992: 115 , figs 135–136 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Ramsey Bat Cave , Real Co., Texas. 2 Oct. 1976. D. Pate, R. Hemperly, K. Heuss ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 4.59; carapace length: 2.34; carapace width: 1.62; opisthosoma length 2.25. 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 with 7 denticles (3 large, 4 small). Leg I: total length: 6.65; femur: 1.80; patella: 0.70; tibia: 1.65; metatarsus: 1.55; tarsus: 0.95; leg IV: total length: 7.65; femur: 2.00; patella: 0.65; tibia: 1.95; metatarsus: 2.00; tarsus: 1.05. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum length: 0.476. Epigynal ventral plate with short transverse slit, bearing minute, medial, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, half intruded by straight dorsal plate, atrial aperture moderate; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint, reaching 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, positioned externally from the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Ramseys Bat Cave (Real County, Texas, Fig. 136).

Remarks. Male unknown. The holotype vial contained two immature specimens not mentioned in Gertsch (1992). The correct spelling of the cave name is Ramseys, and not Ramsey.