Systematics and biogeography of the spider genus Mallinella Strand, 1906, with descriptions of new species and new genera from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Zodariidae) 3369
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Dankittipakul, Pakawin
Author
Jocqué, Rudy
Author
Singtripop, Tippawan
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Zootaxa
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2012-07-04
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3369.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
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Mallinella dolichobilobata
sp. nov.
(
Figs 624
,
629
,
675–678
)
Material examined.
Holotype
:
♀
,
MALAYSIA
,
Johor State
:
Gunung Muntahak
,
Kota Tinggi Waterfall
(
01°49'46.8"N
,
103°49'59.2"E
),
170 m
, rainforest near stream,
15 km
northwest of
Kota Tinggi
,
26–27 May 2004
, leg.
P.J. Schwendinger
(
MHNG
,
MAL
–04/05)
.
Paratypes
:
1♀
,
Gunung Muntahak
,
Kota Tinggi Waterfall
, at the foot of
Mt. Muntahak
(
01°49'46.8"N
,
103°49'59.2"E
), rainforest along stream,
170 m
,
5 February 2000
, leg.
P.J. Schwendinger
(
MHNG
,
SUM
–00/02)
;
4♀
,
5 juveniles
, ibidem, evergreen rainforest,
4 February 2000
, leg.
P.J. Schwendinger
(
MHNG
,
SUM
–00/01)
.
Diagnosis.
Females are similar to those of
M. concava
sp. nov.
in having tongue-shaped spermathecae but can be distinguished from the latter species by the smaller spermathecae with deep subtapical constrictions (
Fig. 629
).
Etymology.
The specific epithet is derived from the Greek (δOλíχOς = long, wide) and Latin (
bilobatus
= with 2 lobes) and refers to the elongated epigynal plate.
Description.
Female
(
holotype
). Total length 6.24; prosoma 3.84 long, 2.50 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.28, ALE 0.20, PME 0.18, PLE 0.20, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.18, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.38; MOQ: 0.56 long, 0.54 anterior width, 0.52 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 15.71 (3.80, 4.78, 4.42, 2.70), II 14.94 (3.54, 4.06, 3.76, 3.55), III 12.16 (3.34, 3.82, 3.84, 2.12), IV 17.65 (3.88, 5.18, 5.82, 2.76).
Coloration
. Carapace brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Sternum yellowish brown. Opisthosoma background sepia. Dorsum with pattern of pale longitudinal band on cardiac area.
Genitalia
(
Figs 624
,
629
,
675–678
). Epigynal plate relatively broad, provided with anterior median incision, posterior margin slightly elevated. Spermathecae tongue-shaped, with subapical depression.
Male.
Unknown.
Natural history.
Mallinella dolichobilobata
sp. nov.
inhabits lowland evergreen rainforests.
Distribution.
Malay Peninsula.