Mallinella cuspidata, Dankittipakul & Jocqué & Singtripop, 2012

Dankittipakul, Pakawin, Jocqué, Rudy & Singtripop, Tippawan, 2012, Systematics and biogeography of the spider genus Mallinella Strand, 1906, with descriptions of new species and new genera from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Zodariidae) 3369, Zootaxa 3369 (1), pp. 1-327 : 119-121

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
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scientific name	Mallinella cuspidata
status	sp. nov.

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Mallinella cuspidata View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 486–487 View FIGURES 484–487. 484 , 492 View FIGURES 488–492. 488 , 497–498 View FIGURES 493–498. 493–494 , 529–534 View FIGURES 529–534. 529–531 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, INDONESIA, Sumatra, North Sumatra Province: hill forest 1.5 km southeast of Kampus Kehutanan Aeknauli, near road Prapat – Pematangsiantar, 13km from Prapat , 2°42’38’’N, 98°56’16’’E, 1,150 m, 30 June – 2 July 2006, leg. P. Schwendinger ( MHNG, Sum–06/30) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: INDONE-

SIA, Sumatra, North Sumatra Province: 1♀, Sipirok, Dolok Sipirok NP, near hot springs, ca. 30 km north of Padang Sidempuan (01°33'55"S, 99°17'03"E), 1,000 m, disturbed hill forest, 16 June 2006, leg. P.J. Schwendinger ( MHNG, Sum–06/22) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Males of this new species can be easily distinguished from other members of the sciophana -group by the absence of a basal process on the TA ( Fig. 529 View FIGURES 529–534. 529–531 ) and by the subterminal process further divided into three projections ( Figs 530–531 View FIGURES 529–534. 529–531 ). Females can be recognized by the compact spermathecae with several coils ducts ( Figs 498 View FIGURES 493–498. 493–494 , 532–534 View FIGURES 529–534. 529–531 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet ( cuspidata , – us, – um = with stiff point) refers to the sharply pointed processes on the TA of the male palp.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 5.37; prosoma 3.41 long, 2.44 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.18, ALE 0.12, PME 0.12, PLE 0.12, AME–AME 0.07, AME–ALE 0.18, PME–PME 0.12, PME–PLE 0.28; MOQ: 0.46 long, 0.36 anterior width, 0.34 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 13.69 (3.23, 4.32, 3.82, 2.32), II 11.48 (2.88, 3.56, 3.20, 1.86), III 11.04 (2.89, 3.41, 3.11, 1.62), IV 13.86 (3.48, 3.24, 4.42, 2.78).

Coloration ( Fig. 486 View FIGURES 484–487. 484 ). Carapace uniform reddish brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Sternum dark reddish brown. Coxae yellowish; femora distally light brown; other leg segments yellowish brown. Opisthosoma sepia, posteriorly with white anal patch.

Palp ( Figs 529–531 View FIGURES 529–534. 529–531 ). RTA digitiform, slightly widened at base, gradually tapered towards blunt apex. Cymbium with broad cymbial fold, almost reaching apex. TA without basal process; anterior margin of subterminal process divided into three smaller projections; terminal process elongated and slender, apex flattened. Embolic base roughly triangular; membranous area situated prolaterally, well-developed. Embolus filiform, gradually tapered towards pointed apex.

Female (paratype). Total length 5.04; prosoma 3.20 long, 2.28 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.16, ALE 0.11, PME 0.11, PLE 0.11, AME–AME 0.07, AME–ALE 0.18, PME–PME 0.12, PME–PLE 0.24; MOQ: 0.46 long, 0.38 anterior width, 0.34 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 12.85 (3.03, 4.06, 3.58, 2.18), II 10.78 (2.69, 3.34, 3.00, 1.78), III 10.15 (2.65, 3.14, 2.86, 1.48), IV 13.02 (3.26, 3.04, 4.16, 2.56).

Coloration ( Fig. 487 View FIGURES 484–487. 484 ). Carapace uniform reddish brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Sternum dark reddish brown. Coxae yellowish; femora distally pale brown; other leg segments yellowish brown. Opisthosoma sepia, mottled with numerous pale round spots, posteriorly with white anal patch.

Genitalia ( Figs 497–498 View FIGURES 493–498. 493–494 , 532–534 View FIGURES 529–534. 529–531 ). Epigynal plate W-shaped, with rebordered posterior margin, median hump slightly elevated. Lateral borders retracted. Spermathecae more or less cylindrical, slightly enlarged apically, with several internal coils.

Natural history. This is a high altitude species occurring in primary evergreen forests at 1,000–1,150 m.

Distribution. Northern Sumatra.

Figures

FIGURES 484–487. 484. Mallinella sciophana comb. nov., male from Mt. Sigalang, Sumatra. 485. M. sciophana comb. nov., female from Mt. Sigalang, Sumatra. 486. M. cuspidata sp. nov., holotype. 487. M. cuspidata sp. nov., paratype. 484–487. Habitus, dorsal.

FIGURES 488–492. 488. Mallinella cuspidatissima sp. nov., holotype. 489. M. cuspidatissima sp. nov., paratype. 490–491. M. sciophana comb. nov., from Mt. Sigalang, Sumatra. 492. M. cuspidata sp. nov., paratype. 488–489. Habitus, dorsal. 490. Eye region, dorsal. 491. Sternum and leg coxae. 492. PVS.

FIGURES 493–498. 493–494. Mallinella sciophana comb. nov., from Mt. Sigalang, Sumatra. 495–496. M. cuspidatissima sp. nov., paratype. 497–498. M. cuspidata sp. nov., paratype. 493, 495, 497. Epigyne. 494, 496, 498. Internal genitalia, anterior.

FIGURES 529–534. 529–531. Mallinella cuspidata sp. nov., holotype. 532–534. M. cuspidata sp. nov., paratype. 529. Male palp, ventral. 530. TA, prolateral. 531. Ditto, retrolateral. 532. Right spermatheca, anterior. 533. Ditto, lateral. 534. Left spermatheca, posterior.