Cicurina (Cicurella) reddelli 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 : 40-41

Cicurina (Cicurella) reddelli Gertsch 1992

( Figs 86–87, 131)

Cicurina reddelli Gertsch 1992: 105 , figs 77–78 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162; Cokendolpher 2004a: 24, 52; Paquin & Hedin 2004: 3241, 3243–3245, 3254.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas; Travis County Cotterell Cave , 2 miles NW of Austin, March 11, 1964 Bill Russell coll.”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 6.57; carapace length: 3.42; carapace width: 2.34; opisthosoma length: 3.15. 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: 9.30; femur: 2.60; patella: 1.00; tibia: 2.35; metatarsus: 2.25; tarsus: 1.10; leg IV: total length: 11.05; femur: 2.95; patella: 1.05; tibia: 2.60; metatarsus: 3.00; tarsus: 1.45. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum: 0.328 mm. Epigynal ventral plate with moderate transverse slit, bearing medial, deep, inverted V-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, twothirds intruded by rounded dorsal plate, atrial aperture moderate; bursa enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint, reaching over primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located basally; primary pores not visible; stalk procurved, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore elongated; primary lobe elongated; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal short, externally positioned from dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Cotterell Cave (Travis County, Texas, Fig. 131).

Remarks. Male unknown. Data added in Gertsch (1992) for the holotype: “near Spicewood Springs Road and Mesa Drive” to provide precision about the location of the cave. Cotterell Cave is the only known locality for C. reddelli . In the distribution of C. buwata however, Gertsch (1992) also listed Cotterell Cave as a locality for that species (under the name C. elliotti ). Apparently, this slipped Gertsch’s attention as he did not believed that two troglobitic Cicurina could inhabit the same cave (James R. Reddell, pers. comm.).