Cicurina (Cicurella) reyesi 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 : 41

Cicurina (Cicurella) reyesi Gertsch 1992

( Figs 88–89, 132)

Cicurina reyesi Gertsch 1992: 107 , figs 85–86 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162; Paquin & Hedin 2004: 3243–3245, 3254.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas; Travis County; Airman’s Cave , 3 Sept. 1989. J. Reddell, M. Reyes ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 4.41; carapace length: 2.07; carapace width: 1.35. 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: 6.20; femur: 1.80; patella: 0.65; tibia: 1.50; metatarsus: 1.40; tarsus: 0.85; leg IV: total length: 7.05; femur: 1.85; patella: 0.65; tibia: 1.65; metatarsus: 1.85; tarsus: 1.05. Tarsal claw IV: 0.14. Epigynum: 0.378 mm. Epigynal ventral plate with short transverse slit, bearing medial, very deep, inverted V-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, almost completely intruded by dome-shaped dorsal plate going over epigynal slit, atrial aperture small; bursa slightly enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts separated at midpoint, reaching top 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, reaching dictynoid pore; fertilization duct internally attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Airman’s Cave (Travis County, Texas, Fig. 132).

Remarks. Male known, but not described ( Gertsch 1992). The epigynum is slightly damaged, but the copulatory ducts and their position seem to be intact.