Mallinella klossi ( Hogg, 1922 )

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 : 232

Mallinella klossi ( Hogg, 1922)

(Figs 1056, 1065)

Langbiana klossi Hogg, 1922: 286 , fig. 1, description of ♀

Mallinella klossi (Hogg) , Jocqué, 1991: 61. Ono, 2004b: 71

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, VIETNAM, Langbian Province : April 1918, leg. Broden Kloss ( BMNH, examined). Original label #1 of unknown origin in pencil: / Dalat Langbian Prov. S. Annam; Boden Kloss April 1918./. Original label #2 made by Reginald I. Pocock [formerly in charge of the collections of Arachnida and Myriapoda at BMNH]: /1924.III.1.123 K65; Langbiana klossi Hogg ♀ Type; Dalat, Langbian Prov., S. Annam.; 5000; C. Boden Kloss Hogg Coll. /.

Remarks. Mallinella klossi is characterized by a pair of large lateral lobes on the epigynal plate (Fig. 1065). M. klossi is very closely allied to M. dambrica (see also Ono 2004b for discussion).

Distribution. Southern Vietnam (Dalat, Mt. Langbian, 5,000 ft).