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
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Jocqué, Rudy
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Singtripop, Tippawan
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3369.1.1
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10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
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Mallinella sciophana
(
Simon, 1901
)
comb. nov.
(
Figs 484–485
,
490–491
,
493–520
)
Storena sciophana
Simon, 1901: 48
, description of
♀
.
Kritscher, 1957:
268
m figs 25–27, description of
♂
Type
material.
♀
,
MALAYSIA
,
Perak State
:
Ulu Selama
[in the Bintang Hijau Forest Reserve], MNHN, presumably lost.
Old
material.
INDONESIA
,
Sumatra
,
West Sumatra Province
:
1♂
,
5♀
,
36 juveniles
(
NHMV
, examined).
Original
label: /
Storena sciophana
Simon, 1901
/ /
Sumatra
,
Fort
de Kock
(=
Bukittinggi
), leg.
Jacobson.
-
Sammlung Reimoser
;
Reimoser
don. (A.-D.
15.X.1938
), det. -
Inv. Nr.
432,
Kritscher
prep/.
New
material. INDO- NESIA,
Sumatra
,
West Sumatra Province
:
1♂
,
1♀
, 1 penultimate male,
2 juveniles
,
Batang Palupuh Rafflesia Sactuary
,
12 km
north of
Bukittinggi
(
00º14'32"S
,
100º 21'10"E
)
,
900–1,000 m
, primary forest,
2–3 June 2006
, leg.
P.J. Schwendinger
(
MHNG
,
Sum
–06/05).
1♂
,
1♀
, (at the foot of the
Mt. Sigalang
)
Anai Valley
(=
Lambah Anai
),
6 km
south of
Padang Panjang
(
00º 28'38"S
,
100º 21'14"E
)
,
500 m
, primary forest,
1 June 2006
, leg.
P.J. Schwendinger
(
MHNG
,
Sum
–06/03).
2♂
,
7♀
,
Mt. Singalang
,
400–520 m
, secondary forest,
9–24 June 1994
(
RMHN
)
;
Jambi Province
:
1♀
, km 12 of
Sungaipenuh
to
Tapan
,
1,350 m
,
9 September 1989
, leg.
Agosti
et al.
(
MHNG
)
.
Remarks.
Kritscher (1957)
described the male of
M. sciophana
comb. nov.
from Fort de Kock,
Sumatra
(
Figs 503, 505–506
,
509–511
). There was no discussion regarding its relationship to Simon’s female
type
that was collected from Ulu Selama,
Perak
(Malay Peninsula). Examination of recently collected specimens which became available from that area confirms its distribution: the male proposed by Kritscher as male of
S. sciophana
and its conspecific females (
Figs 504, 507–508
) were found only on
Sumatra
. It is likely that Kritscher matched the female only from indication in Simon’s original description:
fovea genitalis semicircularis, plagulum regulam transversam leviter procurvam includes
. This is translated to ‘genital pit (hollow, groove) being semi-circular, plagulum including a slightly procurved transverse ledge’. The word ‘
plagulum’
does not exist in Latin but ‘
plagula’
= a piece of paper; Kritscher probably referred to an epigynal plate.
We could not locate the
type
of
S. sciophana
in Simon’s collection in the MNHN (13 ‘
Storena
’ species were examined from the Paris collection, three of which belong to
Mallinella
and are treated in the present study). Since we cannot prove that more than two species are currently called
S. sciophana
, we hereby provisionally retain Kritscher’s placement until specimens from the
type
locality become available.
Diagnosis.
The species mentioned here may not represent
S. sciophana sensu
Simon (1901)
but they correspond to the male identified as
S. sciophana
by
Kritscher (1957)
. Males of this species can be easily recognized by its peculiar TA (
Figs 509–517
), in which the basal process is distinctly elongate and pointing anteriorly, the terminal process is more slender, provided with sharply pointed apex, the mesolateral process is apically bifid, the subterminal process is partially membranous, its apex is sharply pointed, in combination with an anterior cylindrical hump on the membranous area of the tegulum (
Fig. 513
). Females can be distinguished by the epigynal plate with a posterior median incision and well-developed lateral margin (
Figs 493–494
,
508
).
Distribution.
Malay Peninsula and
Sumatra
(dubious identification).