Mallinella reinholdae, 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 : 214-215

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254329
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scientific name	Mallinella reinholdae
status	sp. nov.

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Mallinella reinholdae View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 929 View FIGURES 923–931. 923 , 967–970 View FIGURES 967–974. 967–970 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, INDONESIA, Sumatra, Jambi Province: Mt. Kerinci, footpath to summit, west of Kersik Tua , 1,800–1,980 m, evergreen hill forest, 16 February 2000, leg. P.J. Schwendinger ( MHNG, Sum–00/12) . Paratype: 1♂, same data as holotype ( MHNG) .

Diagnosis. Mallinella reinholdae sp. nov. can be recognized by the filiform embolus and the round embolic base, in combination with the peculiar shape of the TA ( Fig. 967 View FIGURES 967–974. 967–970 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of Dr. Christa Deeleman-Reinhold, for her remarkable contributions to the field of arachnology in Asia; name in genitive case.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 7.85; prosoma 4.80 long, 3.40 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.28, ALE 0.20, PME 0.18, PLE 0.20, AME–AME 0.14, AME–ALE 0.38, PME–PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.48; MOQ: 0.58 long, 0.56 anterior width, 0.52 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 17.90 (4.28, 5.60, 4.48, 3.48), II 14.84 (3.74, 4.62, 3.72, 2.74), III 14.92 (3.92, 4.48, 4.00, 2.54), IV 20.60 (4.98, 6.08, 6.44, 3.10).

Coloration ( Fig. 929 View FIGURES 923–931. 923 ). Carapace orange-brown. Sternum brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Legs yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown, mottled with numerous minute pale spots. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs fused, forming triangular patches; third and fourth pairs represented by pale round spots; fifth and sixth pairs by transverse bands.

Palp ( Figs 967–970 View FIGURES 967–974. 967–970 ). RTA digitiform, gradually tapered anteriorly, apex blunt. TA with broad apico-retrolateral fold; apico-prolateral process short, sharply pointed; basal tooth invisible in ventral view, pointed in lateral view. Embolic base aligned in transverse direction, anterior margin more or less straight, posterior margin rounded; anterior membranous part narrowed. Embolus filiform.

Female. Unknown.

Natural history. Mallinella reinholdae sp. nov. inhabits the floor of a rainforest at high altitude (approximately 1,800 –1,980 m asl).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality on Sumatra.

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 967–974. 967–970. Mallinella reinholdae sp. nov., holotype. 971–974. M. onoi sp. nov., holotype. 967, 972. Male palp, ventral. 968, 973. TA, prolateral. 969, 974. Ditto, retrolateral. 970, 972. Ditto, ventral.