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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Mallinella calilungae
(
Barrion & Litsinger, 1992
)
(
Figs 726–728
,
732
,
757–758
)
Storena melanognatha
, Kritscher, 1956: 266
, figs 22–24, description of
♂
(misidentification)
Langbiana calilungae
Barrion & Litsinger, 1992: 56
, figs 5A–D, description of
♂
.
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 315
, figs 187a–d
New material. PHILIPPINE,
Luzon,
Camarines Sur Province
:
2♂
,
15 km
east of
Naga
City
,
Mt. Isarong
,
600–800 m
, secondary and primary forest, leg.
A. Schulz
,
17–19 July 2008
(
MHNG
)
.
Luzon
,
Province
of
Laguna
:
1♂
,
Mt. Maquiling
,
1,500 ft.
,
16 December 1945
, leg.
B. Malkin
(
AMNH
)
;
1♂
,
1 juvenile
,
Mt. Makiling
, leg.
Baker
–
Sammlung Reimoser
;
Reimoser
don. (A.–D.
15.x.1938
), det.
Kritscher
–
Inv. Nr.
429 (
NHMV
)
;
1♀
,
Luzon
(
SMF
,
Roewer
collection, RII 4032)
.
Taxonomic remarks.
The male of
M. calilungae
was first described and misidentified as
Storena melanognatha
by Kritscher (1956: 266) who studied a collection of ‘
Storena
’ species in the Natural History Museum, Vienna based on the former work of Kulczyṅski (1911) in which a female was correctly recognized as
S. melanognatha
. Unfortunately, Kritscher mismatched a male spider from Luzon, the
Philippines
with that female from Sumatra.
Storena melanognatha
was originally described by van Hasselt in 1882 from a female collected in central Sumatra. A conspecific female of
M. calilungae
was recently discovered on Luzon Island and is described here for the first time, confirming the previous incorrect specific placement.
Diagnosis.
Males are very similar to those of
M. longipoda
sp. nov.
in that the elongated TA is provided with a rostrate anterior fold and a large basal tooth (
Figs 757
cf. 748). However, in
M. calilungae
the TA is simply curved down, without distinct base. The female is close to that of
M. annulipes
nom. nov.
in having a V-shaped epigynal plate and digitiform lateral lobes; it can be distinguished from the latter species by the larger plate provided with straight posterior margin and shallow anterior median incision (
Figs 732
cf. 733).
FIGURES 726–731. 726.
Mallinella calilungae
, male (AMNH).
727.
M. calilungae
, male (SMF).
728.
M. calilungae
, male (NHMV).
729.
M. dolichorhyncha
sp. nov.
, holotype.
730.
M. annulipes
comb. nov., nom. nov.
731.
M. longipoda
sp. nov.
, holotype.
726–728.
Habitus, dorsal.
729.
Palpal tibia, retrolateral.
730–731.
Ditto, ventral.
Description.
Male
(AMNH). Total length 6.30; prosoma 3.87 long, 2.48 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.22, PME 0.20, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.10, AME–ALE 0.18, PME–PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.32; MOQ: 0.60 long, 0.56 anterior width, 0.54 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 16.40 (3.82, 4.81, 4.70, 3.05), II 14.56 (3.58, 4.09, 4.00, 2.86), III 14.02 (3.37, 3.86, 3.96, 3.00), IV 18.97 (3.91, 5.22, 6.52, 3.31).
Coloration
(
Fig. 726
). Carapace dark reddish brown. Chelicerae brown. Sternum yellowish brown. Legs yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown. Dorsal pattern: first pair indistinct; second pair represented by small round spots obliquely arranged; third and fourth pairs by round spots.
Palp
(
Figs 757–759
). RTA broad triangular ridge originating ventrally, apex bluntly pointed. TA elongated, distally bifid, sharply pointed basal branch longer than apical one, apical branch smaller, apex blunt; basal tooth triangular, sharply pointed. Tegular spine almost indistinct. Embolic base aligned in transverse direction, anterior membranous area narrowed, triangular. Embolus subterminally bifurcated, lateral ramus apically rounded, directed ectad, shorter than linear mesal ramus.
Female
(SMF).
Total length 6.17; prosoma 3.80 long, 2.45 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.22, PME 0.22, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.20, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.38; MOQ: 0.64 long, 0.58 anterior width, 0.56 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 16.11 (3.75, 4.73, 4.62, 3.00), II 14.28 (3.52, 4.00, 3.94, 2.80), III 13.68 (3.30, 3.79, 3.88, 2.70), IV 18.60 (3.84, 5.10, 6.40, 3.25).
Coloration
(
Fig. 727
). Carapace dark reddish brown. Chelicerae brown. Sternum yellowish brown. Legs yellowish, distally yellowish brown. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs represented by elongate-ovoid spots running longitudinally, almost touching; third and fourth pairs by round spots.
Genitalia
(
Fig. 732
). Epigynal plate V-shaped, with broad posterior margin. Lateral borders digitiform, distally blunt, projecting inwards.
Distribution.
Luzon Island, the
Philippines
.