Cicurina (Cicurella) troglobia Cokendolpher 2004

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 : 47-48

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Cicurina (Cicurella) troglobia Cokendolpher 2004 View in CoL

( Figs 108–109, 130)

Cicurina troglobia Cokendolpher 2004b: 60 View in CoL , figs 1–3 (description of female). — Paquin & Hedin 2004: 3243–3245, 3249, 3254; Taylor et al. 2005: 98.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas: Bell Co. Seven Mile Mt. Cave , 28 June 2000, J. Reddell, M. Reyes, Molted 20 Oct. 2000, 14 July 2001 ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 4.32; carapace length: 2.07; carapace width: 1.53; opisthosoma length: 2.25. Eyes absent.

Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (1 large, 2 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 7 denticles (2 large, 5 small), left side likewise. Leg I: total length: 6.23; femur: 1.60; patella: 0.70; tibia: 1.55; metatarsus: 1.43; tarsus: 0.95; leg IV: total length: 7.30; femur: 1.95; patella: 0.60; tibia: 1.75; metatarsus: 2.00; tarsus: 1.00. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum: 0.420 mm. Epigynal ventral plate with moderate transverse slit, bearing medial, very deep, inverted V-shaped indentation; atrium square, almost completely intruded by dome-shaped dorsal plate, atrial aperture small; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts widely separated at midpoint, reaching under primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located basally; primary pores visible (1 seen); stalk short, straight, horizontal, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore elongated; primary lobe hat-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal short, reaching the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Seven Mile Mountain Cave (Bell County, Texas, Fig. 130).

Remarks. Male unknown. Data added in Cokendolpher (2004b): “Molted in captivity 02.x.2000, molted to maturity 14 July 2001, right legs removed for DNA studies”.

References

Cokendolpher, J. C. (2004 b) Notes on troglobitic Cicurina (Araneae: Dictynidae) from Fort Hood, Texas, with description of another new species. Texas Memorial Museum Speleological Monographs, 6. Studies on the cave and endogean fauna of North America, 4, 59 - 62.

Paquin, P., & Hedin, M. (2004) The power and perils of ' molecular taxonomy': a case study of eyeless and endangered relatives. Report to Fish and Wildlife Services (Austin, Texas, U. S. A). 1 - 40 p.

Taylor, S. J., Krejka, J. K. & Denight, M. L. (2005) Foraging range and habitat use of Ceuthophilus secretus (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae), a key trogloxene in Central Texas cave communities. American Midland Naturalist, 154, 97 - 114.