Mallinella sundaica, 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 : 207-210

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254313
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scientific name	Mallinella sundaica
status	sp. nov.

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Mallinella sundaica View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 925 View FIGURES 923–931. 923 , 934 View FIGURES 932–935. 932 , 950–954 View FIGURES 950–954. 950 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, MALAYSIA, Pahang State: Fraser’s Hill, 2 km south of Ton , 1,200 m (03°41'N, 101°45'E), 28 August 2004, leg. A. Schulz ( MHNG, AS–04/14) GoogleMaps . Paratype: MALAYSIA, Pahang State: 1♀, Fraser’s Hill, Maxwell Trail (03°42'59.1"N, 101°44'18.9"E), 1,350 m, evergreen hill forest, 12–16 May 2004, leg. P.J. Schwendinger ( MHNG, MAL –04/01) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Mallinella sundaica sp. nov. can be recognized by the embolus carrying a bifurcated lateral ramus, mesal ramus provided with triangular, subterminal flange and digitiform extremity ( Fig. 950 View FIGURES 950–954. 950 ). The female has an ovoid epigynal plate ( Fig. 934 View FIGURES 932–935. 932 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet, an adjective (sundaicus), refers to the region in which this species occurs.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 7.60; prosoma 4.55 long, 3.35 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.28, ALE 0.20, PME 0.20, PLE 0.20, AME–AME 0.14, AME–ALE 0.32, PME–PME 0.24, PME–PLE 0.50; MOQ: 0.58 long, 0.50 anterior width, 0.46 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 17.54 (4.21, 5.50, 4.40, 3.42), II 14.54 (3.68, 4.58, 3.64, 2.64), III 14.63 (3.84, 4.40, 3.92, 2.44), IV 20.22 (4.88, 5.96, 6.30, 3.04).

Coloration ( Fig. 925 View FIGURES 923–931. 923 ). Carapace dark brown. Chelicerae dark reddish brown. Sternum reddish brown. Legs orange-brown, except for coxae yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown, cardiac region pale. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs fused, forming pale reniform patches; third and fourth pairs represented by pale round spots, fifth pair by transverse chevron.

Palp ( Fig. 950 View FIGURES 950–954. 950 ). RTA relatively short, broad at base, abruptly bent ectad in ventral view, apex bluntly pointed. TA rostrated; apico-prolateral fold triangular, broad; apico-prolateral process sharply pointed, directed posteromesad; basal tooth blunt. Embolic base aligned in transverse direction, anterior margin triangular; membranous area triangular, narrowed. Embolus broad, bifurcated, branching subterminally; lateral ramus divided, with two sharply pointed extremities; mesal ramus longer, with triangular semi-transparent flange and digitiform apex.

Female (paratype). Total length 7.75; prosoma 4.72 long, 3.40 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.20, PME 0.20, PLE 0.20, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.38, PME–PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.50; MOQ: 0.60 long, 0.50 anterior width, 0.46 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 17.66 (4.24, 5.54, 4.42, 3.44), II 14.64 (3.68, 4.61, 3.68, 2.66), III 14.72 (3.88, 4.43, 3.96, 2.46), IV 20.36 (4.92, 6.00, 6.34, 3.06).

Coloration. Carapace dark chestnut-brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Sternum reddish brown. Legs orange–brown, except for coxae yellowish orange. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs fused, forming pale reniform patches; third and fourth pairs represented by irregular pale spots, fifth pair by three procurved irregular patches.

Genitalia ( Figs 934 View FIGURES 932–935. 932 , 951–954 View FIGURES 950–954. 950 ). Epigynal plate tongue-shaped. Lateral borders sharply pointed, projecting inwards. Spermathecae divided into upper and lower parts: upper part smaller than lower one.

Natural history. Mallinella sundaica sp. nov. inhabits rainforests at relatively high altitude (1,200–1,350 m asl).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality on the Malay Peninsula.

Figures

FIGURES 923–931. 923. Mallinella thailandica sp. nov., holotype. 924. M. thailandica sp. nov., paratype. 925. M. jaegeri sp. nov., holotype. 926. M. sundaica sp. nov., paratype. 927. M. sumatrana sp. nov., holotype. 928. M. galyaniae sp. nov., holotype. 929. M. reinholdae sp. nov., holotype. 930. M. angoonae sp. nov., holotype. 931. M. angoonae sp. nov., paratype. 923–931. Habitus, dorsal.

FIGURES 932–935. 932. Mallinella thailandica sp. nov., paratype. 933, 935. M. galyaniae sp. nov., holotype. 934. M. sundaica sp. nov., paratype. 932–934. Epigyne. 935. Internal genitalia, dorsal.

FIGURES 950–954. 950. Mallinella sundaica sp. nov., holotype. 951–954. M. sundaica sp. nov., paratype. 950. Male palp, ventral. 951. Internal genitalia, dorsal. 952. Left spermatheca, anterior. 954. Ditto, posterior. 953. Right spermatheca, lateral.