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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaChelicerataArachnidaAraneaeDictynidaeCicurina

Cicurina troglobia Cokendolpher, 2004

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Chelicerata
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
Family Dictynidae
Genus Cicurina
Species Cicurina troglobia Cokendolpher, 2004

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Range

Known from Texas in the Edwards Plateau and Balcones karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Texas

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Edwards Plateau and Balcones

Specimens

Type material

Paratype
TTU-Z_031080 · Museum of Texas Tech University

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Museum of Texas Tech University 1
University of Texas, Biodiversity Center, Entomology Collection 1

2 cataloged lots in 2 collections. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.

Download all 2 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

G1G2G3G4G5

Subnational ranks

Texas
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
VB3S
GBIF
2144540
ITIS
876255
iNaturalist
484315
NCBI Taxonomy
2201804

How to cite this account

Cicurina troglobia Cokendolpher, 2004. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0086. https://cavebiology.org/species/cicurina-troglobia/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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