Mallinella hilaris (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 : 52

The hilaris -group

The hilaris -group is defined by five homoplasious characters: the dorsal pattern on the opisthosoma (Ch. 20, state 3); the presence of stridulating files (Ch. 36, sate 1) and proximal hump (Ch. 41, state 1) on the dorsal side of the femora ( Fig. 217 ); the triangular tegular spine on the tegulum (Ch. 60, sate 1); the female internal genitalia with elongated insemination ducts, terminally widened into spermathecae and the broad internal duct ( Figs 235–249 ) (Ch. 94, state 8).

Representatives of the hilaris -group are easily recognized by their uniform genitalic morphology. Males can be diagnosed by the strongly pronounced retrolateral side of the palpal tibia ( Figs 221, 224 ), by the beak-shaped TA carrying an elongated apico-prolateral process and by the triangular tegular spine. Females can be recognized by the elevated lateral lobes of the epigynal plate ( Figs 277–234 ) and by the terminally expanded spermathecae with broad internal duct ( Figs 235–242 ).

Species account. Ten species: Mallinella abnormis sp. nov., M. acanthoclada sp. nov., M. belladonna sp. nov., M. bidenticula sp. nov., M. calicoanensis sp. nov., M. elongata sp. nov., M. hilaris ( Thorell, 1890) comb. nov., M. linguiformis sp. nov., M. multicornis sp. nov., M. rostrata sp. nov.

Distribution. Sundaland.

Figures

FIGURES 216–220. 216–217, 219. Mallinella multicornis sp. nov., holotype. 218. M. acanthoclada sp. nov., holotype. 216. Sternum. 217. Stridulating files on dorsal side of anterior femora. 218. Proximal region of femora II showing files, dorsal. 219–220. PVS.

FIGURES 235–242. 235. Mallinella belladonna sp. nov., holotype. 236. M. bidenticulata sp. nov., paratype. 237. M. linguiformis sp. nov., holotype. 238. M. calicoanensis sp. nov., holotype. 239. M. rostrata sp. nov., paratype. 240. M. multicornis sp. nov., paratype. 241. M. hilaris, female from Java. 242. M. acanthoclada sp. nov., paratype. 235–242. Internal genitalia, anterior.

FIGURES 243–249. 243–246. Mallinella hilaris comb. nov., male (NHMV). 247–249. M. hilaris comb. nov., female from type locality, Cibodas. 243. TA, ventral. 244. Ditto, prolateral. 245. Ditto, retrolateral. 246. Apex of embolus, ventral. 247. Right spermatheca, anterior. 249. Ditto, posterior. 248. Left spermatheca, lateral.

FIGURES 221–226. 221–223. Mallinella hilaris comb. nov., male (NHMV). 224–225. M. acanthoclada sp. nov., holotype. 226. M. bidenticulata sp. nov., holotype. 221, 224, 226. Male palp, ventral. 222. Ditto, prolateral. 223, 225. Ditto, retrolateral.

FIGURES 273–277. 273. Mallinella multicornis sp. nov., holotype. 274–277. M. multicornis sp. nov., paratype. 273. Male palp, ventral. 274. Right spermatheca, dorsal. 275. Ditto, anterior. 276. Left spermatheca, lateral. 277. Ditto, posterior.