Mallinella flabellata Dankittipakul & Jocqué & Singtripop 2012, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Dankittipakul, Pakawin
name: Jocqué, Rudy
name: Singtripop, Tippawan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Zodariidae
Mallinella
Mallinella flabellata

description: Mallinella flabellata sp. nov.   
(Figs 1094–1095, 1097–1098, 1105–1108, 1110, 1115–1120)  
 Material examined. Holotype: ♂,  MALAYSIA, Borneo, Sabah State:  West Coast Residency, Mt. Kinabalu, Liwagu Trail, 1,500 m, Liwagu Trail, Section 2, piège à interception, 30 April 1987, leg. D. Burckhardt & I. Löbl (MHNG, 9c).  Paratypes: MALAYSIA, Borneo, Sabah State:  1♂, 1♀, Mt. Kinabalu, Liwagu Trail, 1,750 m, tamisage d’écorces, bois pourri et débris vegétaux le long d’un tronc et au pied de souches, 27 April 1987, leg. D. Burckhardt & I. Löbl (MHNG, 5a). 1♀, ibidem, Liwagu River, 1,495 m, 22 May 1987, leg. A. Smetana (MHNG, B67). 1♀, ibidem, Eley 7,800 feet, Kamaranga, 26 July 1951, leg. R. Traub (AMNH – AM04).   
 Etymology. The specific epithet, flabellatus (= fan-like), is the adjective of the Latin noun flabellum = fan.   
 Diagnosis. Males can be recognized by the TA provided with a sharply pointed basal tooth and a broad mesal ramus on the embolus (Fig. 115). Females can be easily recognized by the laterally compressed, digitiform spermathecae (Fig. 1119).   
 Description. Male  (holotype). Total length 6.82; prosoma 3.52 long, 2.70 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.32, ALE 0.22, PME 0.20, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.26, AME–ALE 0.60, PME–PME 0.20, PME–PLE 0.66; MOQ: 0.66 long, 0.70 anterior width, 0.60 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 13.14 (3.14, 4.12, 3.30, 2.56), II 10.90 (2.74, 3.42, 2.72, 1.98), III 10.96 (2.88, 3.30, 2.94, 1.82), IV 15.14 (3.66, 4.46, 4.72, 3.28).   
 Coloration (Fig. 1094). Carapace yellowish brown. Sternum yellowish. Chelicerae brown. Legs yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma pale brown; background mottled with numerous minute pale spots. Dorsal pattern: first pair represented by elongate-ovoid spots running longitudinally; second pair by round spots; third to fifth pairs by a series of chevrons.   
 Palp (Figs 1115–1118). Retrolateral margin of palpal tibia strongly pronounced, terminally rounded. RTA digitiform, bluntly pointed. Cymbial fold broad, situated basally, occupying less than half of cymbial length. TA elongated, apical ridge quadrangular, visible in prolateral view (Fig. 1118); apico-prolateral process bifid, provided with sharply pointed mesal branch and short lateral one; meso-retrolateral fold triangular, pointed mesad; baso-prolateral tooth sharply pointed. Tegular spine absent. Embolic base aligned in transverse direction, anterior margin straight, posterior margin medially excavated; membranous area triangular. Embolus relatively broad, bifurcated, branching subterminally, mesal ramus apically dilated, forming broad, semi-transparent flange, longer than curved lateral ramus.   
 Female (paratype). Total length 6.95; prosoma 3.60 long, 2.80 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.22, PME 0.22, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.28, AME–ALE 0.60, PME–PME 0.20, PME–PLE 0.68; MOQ: 0.66 long, 0.62 anterior width, 0.60 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 13.38 (3.20, 4.20, 3.36, 2.60), II 11.10 (2.80, 3.48, 2.78, 2.00), III 11.16 (2.92, 3.36, 3.00, 1.86), IV 15.42 (3.72, 4.54, 4.80, 3.32).   
 Coloration (Fig. 1095). As in males but pattern on dorsum of opisthosoma with first pair more elongated.   
 Genitalia (Figs 1110, 1119–1120). Epigynal plate elevated, represented by transverse, narrow band, with broad anterior median incision. Lateral borders more or less parallel. Spermathecae digitiform, curved backwards, apex blunt, lateral margins slightly excavated.   
 Natural history. Types of new species M. flabellata sp. nov. were collected from primary evergreen forest around 1,500–1,750 m asl.   
 Distribution. Known only from medium altitude belt (1,400 –1,800 m asl) of Mt. Kinabalu, northeastern Borneo.
description: Published as part of Dankittipakul, Pakawin, Jocqué, Rudy & Singtripop, Tippawan, 2012, Systematics and biogeography of the spider genus Mallinella Strand, 1906, with descriptions of new species and new genera from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Zodariidae) 3369, pp. 1-327 in Zootaxa 3369 (1) on pages 242-243, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5252563