Cicurina (Cicurella) pablo 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 : 35

Cicurina (Cicurella) pablo Gertsch 1992

( Figs 70–71, 135)

Cicurina pablo Gertsch 1992: 105 , figs 105–106 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Pablo’s Cave, (2 mi. N Burial Cave), 5 April 1963, J. Reddell, D. McKenzie, in total darkness 50 feet from entrance”. Label 2: “ Texas: Pablo’s Cave , Uvalde County, April 5 1963, Reddell & McKenzie”. Label 3: “ Cicurina pablo Gertsch Holotype ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 4.95; carapace length: 2.43; carapace width: 1.62; opisthosoma length 2.40. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 left side likewise; retromargin right side with 7 denticles (3 large, 4 small), left side 6 denticles (3 large, 3 small). Leg I: total length: 7.92; femur: 2.16; patella: 0.81; tibia: 1.98; metatarsus: 1.80; tarsus: 1.17; leg IV: total length: 9.18; femur: 2.34; patella: 0.81; tibia: 2.25; metatarsus: 2.52; tarsus: 1.26. Tarsal claw IV: 0.16. Epigynum length: 0.355. Epigynal ventral plate with extremely short transverse slit, indentation absent; atrium rectangular, half intruded by straight dorsal plate, atrial aperture moderate; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts almost touching at midpoint, reaching well over primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located medially; primary pores not visible; stalk short, straight, obliquely directed, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe kidney-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal long, internally located from the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct internally attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Pablo’s Cave (Uvalde County, Texas, Fig. 135).

Remarks. Male unknown. Two vials were found at the AMNH containing the label “ Cicurina pablo , holotype ”. The first vial was among the AMNH type collection. The locality label stated: “ Texas; Uvalde County North Well Cave 2 miles north of Pablo’s Cave, April 5 1963, J Reddell; D. McKenzie, in ante room and in main room (2 vials, one containing scorpions)” and contained one mature female dissected and four immature spiders. This data does not correspond to the type data published for C. pablo , but to a record of Cicurina serena (not the holotype). The second vial found in Gertsch’s synoptic collection, matches the