Cicurina (Cicurella) stowersi 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 : 46

Cicurina (Cicurella) stowersi Gertsch 1992

( Figs 102–103, 136)

Cicurina stowersi Gertsch 1992: 113 , figs 121–122 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162.

HOLOTYPE female: “Stowers Cave, 24 mi. W. Kerrville, Kerr Co., Tex. 3 May 1969. Roger Bartholomew”. Examined ( AMNH).

Description. Female holotype

Total length: 3.33; carapace length: 1.62; carapace width: 1.17; opisthosoma length: 1.71. 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 6 denticles (3 large, 3 small). Leg I: total length: 4.53; femur: 1.15; patella: 0.50; tibia: 1.15; metatarsus: 1.05; tarsus: 0.68; leg IV: total length: 5.30; femur: 1.40; patella: 0.50; tibia: 1.25; metatarsus: 1.45; tarsus: 0.70. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum: 0.35. Epigynal ventral plate with short transverse slit, bearing medial, shallow, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, almost intruded by rounded dorsal plate, atrial aperture small; bursa enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts touching at midpoint, reaching well over 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 rounded; primary lobe elongated; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal long, externally positioned from the dictynoid pore; fertilization duct medially attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Stowers Cave (Kerr County, Texas, Fig. 136).

Remarks. Male unknown. The holotype was dehydrated.