Mallinella microleuca, 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 : 203

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254299
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B9EF-FF57-CBC2-FE1AFBEE3D41
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella microleuca
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Mallinella microleuca View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 864 View FIGURES 856–865. 856 , 910–911 View FIGURES 907–911. 907 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, MALAYSIA, Pahang State: Genting Highlands (03°25'42.1"N, 101°47'41.4"E), 1,650 m, evergreen hill forest, 18–19 May 2004, leg. P.J. Schwendinger ( MHNG, MAL –04/02) GoogleMaps . Paratype: 1♀, same data as holotype ( MHNG, MAL –04/02) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. This new species can be easily recognized by the tongue-shaped epigynal plate ( Fig. 864 View FIGURES 856–865. 856 ), by the longer upper part of spermathecae ( Fig. 910 View FIGURES 907–911. 907 ), and by the pattern on the dorsum of the opisthosoma consisting of six pairs of pale round spots.

Etymology. The specific epithet is a latinized combination of Greek adjectives (µƖκρος = small; λƐʋκος = white, pale), meaning small and white referring to the dorsal pattern of the opisthosoma.

Description. Female (holotype). Total length 7.54; prosoma 4.55 long, 3.20 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.28, ALE 0.20, PME 0.20, PLE 0.20, AME–AME 0.14, AME–ALE 0.38, PME–PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.48; MOQ: 0.62 long, 0.56 anterior width, 0.50 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 18.28 (4.38, 5.72, 4.58, 3.56), II 15.16 (3.82, 4.76, 3.80, 2.74), III 15.24 (3.98, 4.59, 4.10, 2.54), IV 21.06 (5.08, 6.20, 6.56, 3.18).

Coloration. Carapace and chelicerae dark chestnut-brown. Sternum yellowish brown. Legs yellowish brown, except for distal part of femora dark greenish brown. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark sepia. Dorsal pattern: six pairs of pale round spots running longitudinally, subequal in size except for fifth pair represented by pale minute dots.

Genitalia ( Figs 864 View FIGURES 856–865. 856 , 910–911 View FIGURES 907–911. 907 ). Epigynal plate tongue-shaped; anterior margin strongly convex, distinctly wider than posterior one; posterior margin strongly protruding over epigastric furrow. Upper part of spermathecae longer than lower part in dorsal view.

Male. Unknown.

Natural history. This new species was collected by sifting humus and organic matter in evergreen hill forests at relatively high altitude.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality on the Malay Peninsula.