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

publication ID

1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5243081

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scientific name

Cicurina (Cicurella) troglobia Cokendolpher 2004
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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”.

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Hahniidae

Genus

Cicurina

Loc

Cicurina (Cicurella) troglobia Cokendolpher 2004

Paquin, Pierre & Dupérré, Nadine 2009
2009
Loc

Cicurina troglobia

Taylor, S. J. & Krejka, J. K. & Denight, M. L. 2005: 98
Cokendolpher, J. C. 2004: 60
Paquin, P. & Hedin, M. 2004: 3243
2004
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