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
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scientific name	Mallinella dolichorhyncha
status	sp. nov.

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Mallinella dolichorhyncha sp. nov.

( Figs 718, 729, 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).

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). 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, 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.