Mallinella dolichorhyncha, 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 : 174

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254259
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treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-08-24 07:48:31, last updated by Plazi 2023-11-04 15:41:12)
scientific name	Mallinella dolichorhyncha
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Mallinella dolichorhyncha View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 718 View FIGURES 712–718. 712 , 729 View FIGURES 726–731. 726 , 765–768 View FIGURES 765–772. 765–768 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, MALAYSIA, Johor State: Gunung Arong (02°33'12.1"N, 103°45'20.5"E), 20 m, rainforest, 15 km north of Mersing , 29–30 May 2004, leg. P.J. Schwendinger ( MHNG, MAL –04/06) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: MALAYSIA, Perak State: 1♂, Maxwell Hill , 1,290–1,320 m, 7–8 January 1996, leg. P.J. Schwendinger ( MHNG) .

Diagnosis. Males can be distinguished from other members of the annulipes -group by the large mesal ridge and by the bifid apical process on the TA ( Fig. 765 View FIGURES 765–772. 765–768 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet means ‘large beak’ and refers to the shape of the TA.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 5.54; prosoma 3.40 long, 2.26 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.20, ALE 0.18, PME 0.16, PLE 0.18, AME–AME 0.10, AME–ALE 0.16, PME–PME 0.14, PME–PLE 0.32; MOQ: 0.48 long, 0.42 anterior width, 0.40 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 14.47 (3.36, 4.24, 4.14, 2.68), II 12.83 (3.16, 3.60, 3.54, 2.52), III 12.29 (2.98, 3.40, 3.48, 2.42), IV 16.70 (3.44, 4.60, 5.74, 2.90).

Coloration ( Fig. 718 View FIGURES 712–718. 712 ). Carapace dark reddish brown. Sternum orange. Chelicerae brown. Legs yellowish brown, except coxae whitish. Dorsum of opisthosoma sepia. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs represented by pale oval spots, obliquely arranged; third pair by oval spots; fourth pair by two oval spots and smaller intermediate patch in between.

Palp ( Figs 729 View FIGURES 726–731. 726 , 765–768 View FIGURES 765–772. 765–768 ). RTA broad triangular ridge originating ventrally, gradually tapered towards blunt apex. TA with bifid apical process; apico-retrolateral side elevated, connected to posteriorly extended mesal ridge. Embolic base aligned in longitudinal direction; anterior membranous area narrowed. Tegular spine minute, sharply pointed. Embolus with longitudinal groove commencing proximally, with semi-transparent median ridge.

Female. Unknown.

Natural history. Mallinella dolichorhyncha sp. nov. inhabits the forest floor of evergreen forests.

Distribution. Malay Peninsula.

Figures

FIGURES 712–718. 712. Mallinella annulipes comb. nov., nom. nov., male from Malaysia. 713. M. annulipes comb. nov., nom. nov., female.714, 716. M. longipoda sp. nov., holotype. 715. M. longipoda sp. nov., paratype. 717. M. angustata sp. nov., holotype. 718. M. dolichorhyncha sp. nov., holotype. 712–715, 717–718. Habitus, dorsal. 717. Opisthosoma, dorsal.

FIGURES 726–731. 726. Mallinella calilungae, male (AMNH). 727. M. calilungae, male (SMF). 728. M. calilungae, male (NHMV). 729. M. dolichorhyncha sp. nov., holotype. 730. M. annulipes comb. nov., nom. nov. 731. M. longipoda sp. nov., holotype. 726–728. Habitus, dorsal. 729. Palpal tibia, retrolateral. 730–731. Ditto, ventral.

FIGURES 765–772. 765–768. Mallinella dolichorhyncha sp. nov., holotype. 769–772. M. angustata sp. nov., holotype. 765. Male palp, ventral. 766. TA, prolateral. 767. Ditto, ventral. 768. Ditto, retrolateral. 769. Right spermatheca, dorsal. 770. Ditto, anterior. 771. Left spermatheca, lateral. 772. Ditto, posterior.