Systematics and biogeography of the spider genus Mallinella Strand, 1906, with descriptions of new species and new genera from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Zodariidae) 3369
Author
Dankittipakul, Pakawin
Author
Jocqué, Rudy
Author
Singtripop, Tippawan
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Zootaxa
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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 brunneofusca
sp. nov.
(
Figs 781
,
796–797
,
828–831
)
Material examined.
Holotype
:
♀
,
THAILAND
,
Trat Province
:
Ko Chang
, west coast (
12º03'N
,
102º18'E
),
50–200 m
,
Winkler
extraction in secondary forest with primary patches,
3–23 December 1999
, leg.
A. Schulz
(
MHNG
AS
–T–5)
.
Paratypes
:
3♀
, same data as holotype (
TNHM
,
MHNG
)
.
Diagnosis.
The female of
M. brunneofusca
sp. nov.
is recognized by the presence of tongue-shaped epigynal plate (
Fig. 798
); the internal genitalia are rather simple, with broad internal ducts (
Fig. 797
).
Etymology.
The specific epithet is derived from medival Latin (
brunneus
= brown;
fuscus
= dark, dusky) and refers to the dark brown color of the carapace.
Description.
Female
(
holotype
). Total length 6.80; prosoma 4.20 long, 2.58 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.28, ALE 0.22, PME 0.16, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.10, AME–ALE 0.24, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.40; MOQ: 0.58 long, 0.44 anterior width, 0.40 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 17.08 (4.12, 5.20, 4.80, 2.94), II 15.07 (3.86, 4.40, 4.08, 2.68), III 14.36 (3.64, 4.16, 4.20, 2.20), IV 19.20 (4.22, 5.64, 6.32, 3.00).
Coloration
(
Fig. 781
). Carapace brown. Sternum yellowish brown. Chelicerae pale brown. Legs yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown. Pattern faint: anteriorly with paired reniform patches, followed by three faint spots.
Genitalia
(
Figs 796–797
,
828–831
). Epigynal plate tongue-shaped, protruding over epigastric furrow, both margins straight, anterior margin wider than posterior one. Spermathecae digitiform, short and stout, slightly constricted subterminally, apical part rounded.
FIGURES 828–831. 828–831.
Mallinella brunneofusca
sp. nov.
, holotype.
828.
Left spermatheca, anterior.
829.
Ditto, lateral.
830.
Right spermatheca, lateral.
831.
Ditto, posterior.
Male.
Unknown.
Natural history.
Mallinella brunneofusca
sp. nov.
inhabits lowland forests on an island.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality in eastern
Thailand
.