Mallinella jaegeri, 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 : 213-214

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254325
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B9F1-FF48-CBC2-F9A7FC553A8F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella jaegeri
status	sp. nov.

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Mallinella jaegeri View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 925 View FIGURES 923–931. 923 , 936–941 View FIGURES 936–941. 936–941 , 960–963 View FIGURES 960–966. 960–963 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, MALAYSIA, Pahang State: Charas Hill, 3 km north of Panching , 60 m, 9–10 July 2001, leg. P.J. Schwendinger ( MHNG, SIM –01/12) . Paratype: 1♂, same data as holotype ( MHNG, SIM –01/ 12) .

Diagnosis. Mallinella jaegeri sp. nov. is easily recognized by the elongated, filiform embolus and by the apically concave TA carrying a broad, triangular apico-prolateral fold, a sharply pointed apico-prolateral process and a minute meso-prolateral tooth ( Fig. 960 View FIGURES 960–966. 960–963 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of Dr. Peter Jäger (SMF) for his remarkable contributions to the field of arachnology ( Araneae , Sparassidae ) in Asia; name in genitive case.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 7.70; prosoma 4.75 long, 3.40 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.32, ALE 0.22, PME 0.20, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.16, AME–ALE 0.38, PME–PME 0.26, PME–PLE 0.54; MOQ: 0.58 long, 0.50 anterior width, 0.46 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 17.66 (4.24, 5.54, 4.44, 3.44), II 14.64 (3.68, 4.60, 3.68, 2.66), III 17.72 (3.86, 4.42, 3.96, 2.64), IV 20.35 (4.92, 6.00, 6.34, 3.06).

Coloration ( Fig. 925 View FIGURES 923–931. 923 ). Carapace chestnut-brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Sternum reddish brown. Legs orange-brown. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown, mottled with numerous minute pale spots. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs fused, forming pale reniform patches; third and fourth pairs represented by pale irregular spots, arranged obliquely; fifth pair by thin transverse band.

Palp ( Figs 940–941 View FIGURES 936–941. 936–941 , 960–963 View FIGURES 960–966. 960–963 ). RTA digitiform, lateral margins almost parallel in ventral view, apex blunt. TA rostrated, strongly excavated apically; apico-prolateral fold triangular; apico-prolateral process thin, sharply pointed; meso-prolateral tooth minute. Embolic base ovoid, aligned in longitudinal direction; membranous area narrowed. Embolus filiform.

Female. Unknown.

Natural history. Mallinella jaegeri sp. nov. was collected from a remnant patch of evergreen rainforest at the foot of a limestone hill.

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