The Malagasy Goblin Spiders Of The New Genus Malagiella (Araneae, Oonopidae) Author Ubick, Darrell Author Griswold, Charles E. text Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 2011-08-10 2011 356 1 86 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/356.1 journal article 10.1206/356.1 0003-0090 5408394 Malagiella valterova , new species Figures 236–267 , 473 , 483 , 487 ; maps 1–4; table 1 TYPE: Male holotype and female allotype from sifted litter along Tatamaly River, 21 ° 309420S, 47 ° 249360E, 1075 m , 2 km W Andrambovato, Fianarantsoa Province , Madagascar ( 3–5 Jun 2005 , B. Fisher), deposited in CAS (CASENT 9030812, PBI _OON 03461). ETYMOLOGY: This species is named after Darrell Ubick’s late father, ‘‘Valter’’ Ubick, in remembrance of many years of companionship, and is given in Croatian genitive. DIAGNOSIS: The male of this species most closely resembles M. ranomafana , from which it differs by its longer palpal patella and bulbcymbium (fig. 483), and by the slightly longer ventral abdominal scute (fig. 239). The female differs from others in the group in having a widely sinuous receptaculum, W/L ca. 0.7 (figs. 264–267). MALE (PBI_OON 03461): Total length 1.55, carapace length 0.78, width 0.62. CEPHALOTHORAX: Carapace as in M. ranomafana (figs. 237, 238, 241, 242). Clypeus as in M. ranomafana , but slightly longer (figs. 238, 241). Eyes as in M. ranomafana , eye area width 0.5 carapace width; length subequal to clypeus length. Sternum as in M. ranomafana (figs. 240, 473). ABDOMEN (figs. 239, 243–245) as in M. ranomafana . ABDOMEN: Ventral scute (fig. 239) slightly longer than in M. ranomafana . GENITALIA: Epigastric region with sperm pore small, rebordered (fig. 263). Palp (figs. 256–262, 483) slightly larger than in M. ranomafana . FEMALE (PBI_OON 03461): Total length 1.70, carapace length 0.80, width 0.66. CEPH- ALOTHORAX (figs. 246–248, 251, 252): Clypeus shorter than eye region length (fig. 248). Eye area 1.6 clypeus length (figs. 247, 248, 251). ABDOMEN (figs. 249, 253– 255): Dorsal scutum slightly longer than in M. ranomafana . GENITALIA: Ventral view: receptaculum slender and strongly sinuous, W/L about 0.7 (figs. 264–267, map 4). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.