Cicurina (Cicurella) rainesi 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 : 39-40

Cicurina (Cicurella) rainesi Gertsch 1992

( Figs 82–83, 138)

Cicurina rainesi Gertsch 1992: 117 , figs 143–144 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162; Reddell 1995: 23; Cokendolpher 2004a: 24, 52.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas; Edwards Co. 3–Bounce Pit, Carta Valley , Feb., 1974. R. Raines, J. Lewis, R. Fieseler ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 4.59; carapace length: 2.61; carapace width: 1.64; opisthosoma length 1.98. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 7 denticles (3 large, 4 small), left side likewise. Leg I: total length: 7.45; femur: 1.90; patella: 0.75; tibia: 1.90; metatarsus: 1.80; tarsus: 1.10; leg IV: total length: 8.55; femur: 2.10; patella: 0.80; tibia: 2.05; metatarsus: 2.40; tarsus: 1.20. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum length: 0.406. Epigynal ventral plate with moderate transverse slit, bearing medial, deep, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, half intruded by rounded dorsal plate, atrial aperture moderate; bursa enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint, reaching well over primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located medially; primary pores not visible; stalk short, straight, horizontal, 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: 3–Bounce Pit (Edwards County, Texas, Fig. 138).

Remarks. Male unknown. The holotype vial also contained one immature specimen not mentioned in Gertsch (1992).