Cicurina (Cicurella) holsingeri 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 : 24-25

Cicurina (Cicurella) holsingeri Gertsch 1992

( Figs 40–41, 138)

Cicurina holsingeri Gertsch 1992: 98 , figs 57–58 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Seminole Canyon Cave, Seminole Canyon State Park , Val Verde Co., Texas, 4 March 1983. William R. Elliott ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 2.88; carapace length: 1.44; carapace width: 0.90; opisthosoma length 1.44. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (1 large, 2 small), left side 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), retromargin right side with 5 denticles (3 large, 2 small), left side likewise. Leg IV: total length: 4.35; femur: 1.10; patella: 0.45; tibia: 1.05; metatarsus: 1.05; tarsus: 0.70. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum length: 0.294 mm. Epigynal ventral plate with moderate transverse slit, indentation absent; atrium rectangular; half intruded by slightly rounded dorsal plate; atrial aperture moderate; bursa enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts almost touching at midpoint, reaching well over primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located basally; primary pores not visible; stalk long, procurved, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe light-bulb shaped; secondary lobe present, positioned ventro-basally in relation to primary lobe; fertilization canal very long internally or externally positioned from the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially positioned on primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Seminole Canyon Cave (Val Verde County, Texas, Fig. 138).

Remarks. Male unknown. There are some inconsistencies in the illustrations of this specimen ( Gertsch 1992: figs 57–58). In the dorsal view (fig. 58), the copulatory ducts should be illustrated as presented here ( Fig. 41), over the primary lobe.