Cicurina (Cicurella) ubicki 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 : 48

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5243083
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scientific name	Cicurina (Cicurella) ubicki Gertsch 1992
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Cicurina (Cicurella) ubicki Gertsch 1992 View in CoL

( Figs 110–111, 133)

Cicurina ubicki Gertsch 1992: 109 View in CoL , figs 87–88 (description of female). — Jackman 1997: 162.

HOLOTYPE female: “ Texas; Hays Co., Fern Cave , 2 September 1989, D. Ubick, S. Fend, S. Renkes ”. Examined ( AMNH).

Additional material examined. UNITED STATES: Hays County: McGlothlin Cave , 26.v.1989, 1♀ 2 juvs, A. Grubbs, J. Reddell, M. Reyes ( AMNH) .

Description. Female holotype

Epigynum: 0.364 mm. Epigynal ventral plate with short transverse slit, bearing medial, deep, inverted Ushaped indentation; atrium square, completely intruded by dome-shaped dorsal plate, atrial aperture minuscule; bursa not enlarged nor fused; copulatory ducts scarcely separated at midpoint, reaching slightly over of 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. Known from Fern Cave ( type locality) and McGlothlin Cave (Hays County, Texas, Fig. 133).

Remarks. Male unknown. The holotype vial contained only one epigynum and three immature specimens.