Mallinella elongata, 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 : 67-69

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254128
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B967-FFD9-CBC2-F97EFDFB3934
treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-08-24 07:48:31, last updated by Plazi 2023-11-04 15:41:12)
scientific name	Mallinella elongata
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Mallinella elongata View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 214 View FIGURES 212–215. 212 , 278–281 View FIGURES 278–285. 278–281 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, MALAYSIA, Penang State: Penang Island, 1898, ex Siam Museum ( BMNH) . Paratypes: MALAYSIA, Perak State: 2♂, Chenderiang , 280–330 m, 22–31 January 1994, leg. P.J. Schwendinger ( MHNG, PM –17) .

Diagnosis. Males of M. elongata sp. nov. are easily recognized by the embolus which is elongate and terminally sharply pointed ( Fig. 278 View FIGURES 278–285. 278–281 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from Latin past participle (elongatus = prolonged) referring to the elongated apex of the embolus.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 8.04; prosoma 3.96 long, 3.24 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.22, ALE 0.18, PME 0.20, PLE 0.20, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.20, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.42; MOQ: 0.56 long, 0.50 anterior width, 0.48 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 10.92 (3.00, 3.36, 2.40, 2.16), II 10.56 (2.88, 3.24, 2.76, 1.68), III 10.68 (2.76, 3.36, 2.64, 1.92), IV 12.86 (3.00, 4.20, 3.96, 1.70).

Coloration ( Fig. 214 View FIGURES 212–215. 212 ). Carapace orange-brown. Sternum and chelicerae reddish brown. Legs yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma sepia. Dorsal pattern: first and second pair represented by pale round spots; third pair by disconnected median bands; fourth and fifth pairs by narrow transverse bands.

Palp ( Figs 278–281 View FIGURES 278–285. 278–281 ). Retrolateral margin of palpal tibia elevated, subtriangular, apex blunt. RTA digitiform, tapered towards bluntly pointed apex. TA with elongated apico-prolateral process; meso-retrolateral fold triangular, broad basally, terminally sharply pointed, directed mesad; basal ridge directed anteriad. Tegular spine minute, terminally pointed. Embolic base originating at 270°, anterior margin slightly excavated medially. Embolus broad, apical flange elongated and sharply pointed.

Female. Unknown.

Natural history. Mallinella elongata sp. nov. inhabits evergreen rainforest.

Distribution. West Malaysia.

Figures

FIGURES 212–215. 212. Mallinella abnormis sp. nov., holotype. 213. M. acanthoclada sp. nov., holotype. 214. M. elongata sp. nov., holotype. 215. M. rostrata sp. nov., paratype. 212–215. Habitus, dorsal.

FIGURES 278–285. 278–281. Mallinella elongata sp. nov., holotype. 282–285. M. belladonna sp. nov., holotype. 278. Male palp, ventral. 279. TA, prolateral. 280. Ditto, retrolateral. 281. Ditto, ventral. 282. Right spermatheca, anterior. 284. Ditto, lateral. 285. Ditto, posterior. 283. Left spermatheca, lateral.