Mallinella vittata ( Thorell, 1890 ) 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 : 283

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B83F-FE87-CBC2-FF22FC953BEE
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella vittata ( Thorell, 1890 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Mallinella vittata ( Thorell, 1890) View in CoL comb. nov.

(Figs 1173–1174, 1247)

Storena vittata Thorell, 1890 a: 331 , description of ♀

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, INDONESIA, Sumatra, Mt. Singalang, no date, no collector ( NHRS, Riksmuseets Entomologiska Afdelning, Collectio T. Thorell, No. 251., examined). Original label: / Storena vittata Thor. ; Sumatra: Singalang /. Note : the left palp is missing.

Remarks. For some unknown reason, Storena vittata is considered a junior synonym of S. zebra Thorell 1881 in the World Spider Catalog ( Platnick 2011). Mallinella vittata comb. nov. possesses certain characters associating it with the fronto -group ( M. zebra belongs to the zebra -group), especially the TA of the male palp is provided with a digitiform apico-prolateral fold and a pronounced baso-prolateral tooth.

Redescription. Male (holotype). See Thorell (1890 a) for measurements.

Coloration (Fig. 1173). Carapace orange-brown. Chelicerae yellowish brown. Sternum yellowish. Legs pale yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma brown; first pair thin and elongated, situated along lateral margins of dorsal scutum; second pair transverse bands, almost connected medially; third to fifth pairs represented by transverse chevrons. Posterior ventral spines moderately long, apically pointed.

Palp (Fig. 1247). RTA digitiform, broad at base, gradually tapered towards sharply pointed apex. TA terminally with blunt apical process; apico-prolateral fold digitiform, directed mesad; baso-retrolateral tooth triangular, apex sharply pointed. Embolic base aligned in transverse direction; anterior and posterior margins almost parallel. Embolus linear, subterminally bifid, mesal ramus tapered to pointed apex, lateral ramus short, terminally rounded, directed anteriad.

Female. Not examined.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality on Sumatra.