Mallinella jaegeri, 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 : 213-214

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254325
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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 jaegeri
status	sp. nov.

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Mallinella jaegeri View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 925 View FIGURES 923–931. 923 , 936–941 View FIGURES 936–941. 936–941 , 960–963 View FIGURES 960–966. 960–963 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, MALAYSIA, Pahang State: Charas Hill, 3 km north of Panching , 60 m, 9–10 July 2001, leg. P.J. Schwendinger ( MHNG, SIM –01/12) . Paratype: 1♂, same data as holotype ( MHNG, SIM –01/ 12) .

Diagnosis. Mallinella jaegeri sp. nov. is easily recognized by the elongated, filiform embolus and by the apically concave TA carrying a broad, triangular apico-prolateral fold, a sharply pointed apico-prolateral process and a minute meso-prolateral tooth ( Fig. 960 View FIGURES 960–966. 960–963 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of Dr. Peter Jäger (SMF) for his remarkable contributions to the field of arachnology ( Araneae , Sparassidae ) in Asia; name in genitive case.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 7.70; prosoma 4.75 long, 3.40 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.32, ALE 0.22, PME 0.20, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.16, AME–ALE 0.38, PME–PME 0.26, PME–PLE 0.54; MOQ: 0.58 long, 0.50 anterior width, 0.46 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 17.66 (4.24, 5.54, 4.44, 3.44), II 14.64 (3.68, 4.60, 3.68, 2.66), III 17.72 (3.86, 4.42, 3.96, 2.64), IV 20.35 (4.92, 6.00, 6.34, 3.06).

Coloration ( Fig. 925 View FIGURES 923–931. 923 ). Carapace chestnut-brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Sternum reddish brown. Legs orange-brown. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown, mottled with numerous minute pale spots. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs fused, forming pale reniform patches; third and fourth pairs represented by pale irregular spots, arranged obliquely; fifth pair by thin transverse band.

Palp ( Figs 940–941 View FIGURES 936–941. 936–941 , 960–963 View FIGURES 960–966. 960–963 ). RTA digitiform, lateral margins almost parallel in ventral view, apex blunt. TA rostrated, strongly excavated apically; apico-prolateral fold triangular; apico-prolateral process thin, sharply pointed; meso-prolateral tooth minute. Embolic base ovoid, aligned in longitudinal direction; membranous area narrowed. Embolus filiform.

Female. Unknown.

Natural history. Mallinella jaegeri sp. nov. was collected from a remnant patch of evergreen rainforest at the foot of a limestone hill.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, 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 936–941. 936–941. Mallinella jaegeri sp. nov., male. 936–937. PVS. 938–939. Integument of carapace. 940. Left malp, retrolateral. 941. Bulbus and palpal tibia.

FIGURES 960–966. 960–963. Mallinella jaegeri sp. nov., holotype. 964–966. M. galyaniae sp. nov., holotype. 960. Male palp, ventral. 961. TA, prolateral. 962. Ditto, retrolateral. 963. Ditto, ventral. 964. Epigyne. 965. Internal genitalia, dorsal. 966. Ditto, posterior.