Mallinella allantoides, 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 : 186-187

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B99C-FF27-CBC2-FEF3FC0F3A1C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella allantoides
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Mallinella allantoides View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 792–793 View FIGURES 786–793. 786–789 , 832–835 View FIGURES 832–835. 832–835 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, THAILAND, Nan Province: Phu Ka District, Namtok Sapan Waterfall , 22 December 2005, leg. P. Dankittipakul ( MHNG).

Diagnosis. Judging from the orientation of the apical ducts, this new species is closely related to M. scapigera sp. nov. and M. spiralis sp. nov., but can be distinguished by the large single coil duct instead of two smaller ones ( Figs 793 View FIGURES 786–793. 786–789 cf. 789, 791).

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Greek (αλλας = sausage; –οƐƖδƐϛ adjective suffix) meaning sausage like.

Description. Female (holotype). Total length 6.35; prosoma 3.90 long, 2.62 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.20, PME 0.16, PLE 0.20, AME–AME 0.10, AME–ALE 0.24, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.44; MOQ: 0.60 long, 0.54 anterior width, 0.50 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 15.13 (3.72,

4.61, 4.20, 2.60), II 13.14 (3.40, 4.00, 3.52, 2.22), III 12.33 (3.34, 3.54, 3.45, 2.00), IV 16.68 (3.64, 5.00, 5.42, 2.62).

Coloration. Carapace orange-brown. Sternum yellowish brown. Chelicerae brown. Legs pale yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown. Pattern faint: anteriorly with paired reniform patches, followed by three faint spots interspersed longitudinally with three triangular median spots.

Genitalia ( Figs 792–793 View FIGURES 786–793. 786–789 , 832–835 View FIGURES 832–835. 832–835 ). Epigynal plate with semi-circular posterior median excavation. Spermathecae heavily sclerotized, apical part rounded.

Male. Unknown.

Natural history. Mallinella allantoides sp. nov. was collected by sifting thick humus and decomposing litter in a mixed deciduous forest along a waterfall.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in northern Thailand.