searchable PDF - Association for Mexican Cave Studies

Eyes closer together than those of female but patternessentially the same. Color mostly whitish but onemale with carapace pale yellow. Chelicerae: retromarginof fang with 5 teeth. Leg lengths: first femur0.85 rom, fourth femur 0.95 rom; first patella-tibia1.2 rom, fourth patella-tibia 1.4 mm.Male palpus (Figs. 47-48): tegulum with onevisible tubule and adjacent one on subtegulum; conductorwith twisted base and long coil running nearend of tegulum; tarsal process with thin fold third itswidth.Type-data.-Female holotype and 4 males fromSinton, San Patricio County, Texas, 20 November1959 (H. E. Laughlin) (AMNH).CicurilUl delrio, new speciesCharts 1,2, Figs. 21-22Diagnosis.-Eight or six-eyed cavernicole of ValVerde County, Texas; eyes evanescent with widelyseparated anterior median eye spots present or absent(Chart 1); index coil of epigynum tight procurvedhook across small spermathecal sac. Maleunknown.Etymology.-Specific name for Del Rio, Texas,used in apposition.Description.-Female holotype: Length 4 rom.Carapace 1.9 mm long, 1.25 mm wide. Abdomen2.1 mm long, 1.5 mm wide. Clypeal margin wide,about two diameters of anterior lateral eye. Anterioreye row straight with tiny medians 1.5 rom apart,about same distance from anterior lateral eyes. Posterioreye row slightly recurved; small median eyesabout three diameters apart, two diameters from anteriorlateral eyes. Chelicerae: retromargin of fangwith 6 teeth. Leg lengths: first and fourth femora1.6 mm. Leg spines: first tibia 2-2-0, fourth tibia2-2-2.Epigynum (Figs. 21-22): round spermathecumwidely joined to smaller rounded sac; thick connectingcanal forming widely separated loop aroundspermathecal parts.Type-data.-Female holotype from Sunset Cave,12 miles NW Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas,on Ellison Brite Ranch, 14 December 1962 (J. Reddell,W. Russell), on wall 50 feet from cave entrance(AMNH).Distribution.-TEXAS: Val Verde County:Diablo Cave, Calyx Hole entrance, 12 August 1963(J. Reddell, D. McKenzie), 1 female, 1 penultimatemale from under rotting shirt. Unnamed cave (No.8), half mile from Ladder Cave, 12 August 1963 (J.Reddell, D. McKenzie), 6 immature and 3 penultimatemales, mostly from under rocks.CicurilUljoya, new speciesChart 1, Figs. 13-14Diagnosis.-Six-eyed cavernicole of Heidrich'sCave, Comal County, Texas; anterior lateral eyesseparated by nearly two diameters; index coil ofepigynum thin tube crossing between spermathecalelements. Male unknown.Etymology.-Specific name from Spanish joya,jewel, used in apposition.Description.-Female holotype: Length 1.7 mm.Carapace 0.7 mm long, 0.53 mm wide. Clypealmargin equal in height to diameter of anterior lateraleye; posterior eye row slightly procurved; posteriormedian eyes separated by diameter, about two-thirdsdiameter from posterior lateral eyes. Chelicerae:retromargin of fang with 5 teeth. Leg lengths: firstfemur 0.5 rom, fourth femur 0.52 mm; firstpatella-tibia 0.62 mm, fourth patella-tibia 0.7 mm.Leg spines: first tibia 2-2-0; fourth tibia 1-1-1.Epigynum (Figs. 13-14): spermathecum round,broadly joined to small round sac; connecting canalsclosely encircling spermathecal parts.49 50Figs. 49-52.-Ventral and retrolateral views of male palpi of Cicurina (Cicurella): 49-50, hexops Chamberlin and Ivie; 51-52,microps, new species.96