Cicurina (Cicurella) mirifica 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 : 32-33

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5243045
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scientific name	Cicurina (Cicurella) mirifica Gertsch 1992
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Cicurina (Cicurella) mirifica Gertsch 1992 View in CoL

( Figs 60–61, 137)

Cicurina mirifica Gertsch 1992: 88 View in CoL , charts 1–2, figs 5–6 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas: Pecos County: Amazing Maze Cave, near Fort Stockton. 1 March 1986. A. Cobb ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 2.91; carapace length: 1.50; carapace width: 0.95; opisthosoma length 1.57. Six eyes reduced to pale spots. Cheliceral promargin right side with 2 large teeth and one small, left side likewise; retromargin right side with 4 denticles (2 large, 2 small), left side with 5 denticles (3 large, 2 small). Leg I: total length: 3.38; femur: 1.03; patella: 0.42; tibia: 0.80; metatarsus: 0.71; tarsus: 0.42; leg IV: total length: 4.09; femur: 1.03; patella: 0.47; tibia: 0.94; metatarsus: 1.08; tarsus: 0.57. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum length: 0.275. copulatory ducts separated at midpoint, reaching top of primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located basally; primary pores not visible; stalk short, procurved, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore triangular; primary lobe light-bulb shaped; secondary lobe present, positioned ventro-basally from the primary lobe; fertilization canal very long, reaching over the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct internally attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Amazing Maze Cave (Pecos County, Texas, Fig. 137).

Remarks. Male unknown. The holotype vial contained the female holotype and one prosoma. Gertsch (1992) considered Cicurina (Cicurella) mirifica as an eyed taxon, along with other epigean species. Examination of the type however suggested that eyes are not functional and the species is clearly a troglobite. See also Cicurina (Cicurella) delrio .