Mallinella hilaris Dankittipakul & Jocqué & Singtripop 2012, comb. 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 hilaris

description: Mallinella hilaris (Thorell, 1890) comb. nov.   
(Figs 202–207, 221–223, 233, 241, 243–249)  
 Storena hilaris Thorell, 1890: 338, description of ♀. Kulczyṅski, 1911b: 486, pl. 21, fig. 34, description of ♀. Kritscher, 1957: 265, figs 19–21, description of ♂   
 Material examined.  INDONESIA, Java:  1♂, 1♀, Protjot [= modern Procot] (NHMV, examined). Original label: / Storena hilaris THORELL, 1890: Java, leg.? – Inv. Nr. 427; Sammlung Reimoser; Reimoser don. (Acqu. Dat. 15.X.1938), det./. New material .  INDONESIA, Java:  1♀, 3 juveniles, Cibodas, 50 km east of Bogor, 1,400 m, 3–6 November 1989, leg. Agosti & Burckhardt (MHNG).   
 Remarks. Thorell (1890: 340) referred to Tcibodas as the type locality in his original description of S. hilaris. The place is now known as Tjibodas or Cibodas (on the Island of Java). The female specimen redescribed by Kulczyṅski (1911) was collected from Protjot (modern Procot), located approximately 50 km east of Tjibodas (Fig. 203). The male of S. hilaris which was later described by Kritscher (1957) was also collected from Java but no locality was mentioned (Fig. 202). One female was recently collected from the type locality of S. hilaris (Fig. 204). No genitalic differences were detected between the female of Kulczyṅski and that from the type locality. It seems best to follow Kritscher’s decision and accept this adult male as conspecific with the holotype of S. hilaris.   
 Diagnosis. Males of M. hilaris comb. nov. are recognized by the presence of a sharply pointed meso-prolateral tooth on the TA in combination with the terminally bifid embolus and the elevated retrolateral side of palpal tibia (Figs 221–223). Females can be distinguished from those of the closely related M. belladonna sp. nov. and M. bidenticulata sp. nov. by the epigynal plate provided with large, lobular lateral lobes (Figs 205, 233).   
 Redescription. Male  (NHMV).   
 Coloration (Fig. 202). Carapace reddish brown. Sternum and Chelicerae brown. Legs yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark sepia, mottled with numerous minute spots. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs represented by round spots, first pair larger, second pair broad transverse bands; third pair by broad, disconnected transverse bands; fourth and fifth pairs by transverse chevrons. Dorsal scutum chitinized, edge poorly defined.   
 Palp (Figs 221–223, 243–246). Retrolateral margin of tibial apophysis elevated, terminally blunted, directed mesad. RTA digitiform, margins almost parallel in ventral view, apex rounded distally. Tegular spine digitiform, bluntly pointed. TA rostrated; apico-prolateral process thin, directed mesad; apico-retrolateral ridge broad, bluntly pointed; meso-retrolateral ridge triangular, terminally blunt; meso-prolateral tooth lightly sclerotized, sharply pointed, directed ventrad; baso-retrolateral ridge slightly rebordered, almost indistinct. Embolic base originating at 270°; membranous area triangular. Embolus relatively broad, bifurcated subterminally, mesal ramus longer than lateral ramus.   
 Female (NHMV).   
 Coloration (Fig. 203). Carapace orange-brown. Sternum and Chelicerae brown. Legs yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark sepia. Dorsal pattern: first pair represented by round spots; second pair by broad transverse bands, medially connected by narrow band; third pair by broad, curved transverse bands; fourth and fifth pairs by transverse chevrons.   
 Genitalia (Fig. 205). Epigynal plate broad, with anterior median incision, lateral lobed pronounced. Lateral borders more or less parallel, terminally blunted.   
 Female (MHNG). Total length 8.40; prosoma 3.99 long, 2.62 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.28, ALE 0.23, PME 0.18, PLE 0.24, AME–AME 0.10, AME–ALE 0.20, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.42; MOQ: 0.68 long, 0.64 anterior width, 0.62 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 8.71 (2.52, 2.62, 2.20, 1.36), II 7.73 (2.47, 2.62, 1.57, 1.06), III 8.75 (2.54, 2.79, 2.05, 1.36), IV 9.38 (2.62, 2.70, 2.52, 1.53).   
 Coloration (Fig. 204). Carapace pale brown, distinctly darker anteriorly. Chelicerae brown. Sternum yellowish brown, darker on margin. Legs yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark sepia, mottled with numerous minute pale spots. Dorsal pattern: first pair represented by minute round spots; second pair by paired, broad transverse bands; third and fourth pairs by curved transverse bands medially connected; from fourth pair onwards by transverse chevrons.   
 Genitalia (Figs 233, 241, 247–249). Epigyne similar to that of specimen in NHMV in having broad anterior median incision, lateral lobes strongly convex, situated far apart. Spermathecae digitiform, apicolaterally provided with small, round bump.   
 Natural history. The localities are not far from a mountainous range which predominates the southern part of Java.   
 Distribution. Java, Indonesia.
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 52-54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5252563