Cicurina (Cicurella) russelli 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 : 41-42

Cicurina (Cicurella) russelli Gertsch 1992

( Figs 90–91, 133)

Cicurina russelli Gertsch 1992: 107 , figs 83–84 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162; Cokendolpher 2004a: 24, 52.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas; Hays County Boyett’s Cave, south of Wimberley on the Hays-Comal Co. line,

March 30, 1963 J. Reddell & B. Russell ”. Label 2: “Large spiders found at bottom of entrance, others under rocks throughout cave”. Examined ( AMNH) .

Description. Female holotype

Carapace length: 2.70; carapace width: 1.85. Eyes absent. Cheliceral promargin right side with 3 teeth (2 large, 1 small), left side likewise; retromargin right side with 6 denticles (3 large, 3 small), left side with 7 denticles (3 large, 4 small). Leg I: total length: 8.50; femur: 2.20; patella: 0.70; tibia: 2.25; metatarsus: 2.15; tarsus: 1.20; leg IV: total length: 10.05; femur: 2.60; patella: 0.95; tibia: 2.40; metatarsus: 2.75; tarsus: 1.35. Tarsal claw IV: 0.15. Epigynum: 0.420 mm. Epigynal ventral plate with moderate transverse slit, bearing medial, deep, inverted U-shaped indentation; atrium rectangular, almost completely intruded by dome-shaped dorsal plate, atrial aperture small; bursa enlarged, not fused; copulatory ducts scarcely separated at midpoint, reaching over primary lobe apex; copulatory ducts constriction located apically: primary pores visible (1 seen); stalk short, straight, obliquely directed, joining the primary lobe at the aperture of the dictynoid pore; dictynoid pore rounded; primary lobe hat-shaped; secondary lobe absent; fertilization canal short, internally positioned from dictynoid pore; fertilization duct internally attached to the primary lobe base.

Distribution. Only reported from the type locality: Boyett’s Cave (Hays Co., Texas, Fig. 133).

Remarks. Male unknown. The opisthosoma of the holotype is missing.