Cicurina (Cicurella) wartoni 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 : 55

Cicurina (Cicurella) wartoni Gertsch 1992

( Figs 122–123, 131)

Cicurina wartoni Gertsch 1992: 101 , figs 75–76 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162, 171.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Travis County: Pickle Pit Cave . 21 May 1990. J. Reddell, M. Reyes, L. Sherod ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 4.23; carapace length: 1.90; carapace width: 1.40. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 7 denticles (2 large, 5 small), left side with 6 denticles (2 large, 4 small). Leg I: total length: 6.20; femur: 1.78; patella: 0.70; tibia: 1.43; metatarsus: 1.40; tarsus: 0.85; leg IV: total length: 7.23; femur: 1.85; patella: 0.70; tibia: 1.68; metatarsus: 1.95; tarsus: 1.05. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum: 0.518 mm. Epigynal ventral plate with short transverse slit, bearing medial, deep, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium squared, completely intruded by domeshaped dorsal plate, atrial aperture minuscule; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts separated at midpoint, reaching over primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located basally; primary pores not visible; stalk, short, straight or procurved, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore elongated; primary lobe elongated; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal long, reaching over dictynoid pore; fertilization duct internally attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from Pickle Pit, the type locality (Travis County, Texas, Fig. 131).

Remarks. Male unknown.