Mallinella sundaica Dankittipakul &amp; Jocqué &amp; 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 sundaica

description: <i>Mallinella sundaica</i> sp. nov. (Figs 925, 934, 950–954) Material examined. <b>Holotype:</b> &amp;male;, <b>MALAYSIA, <i>Pahang State</i>:</b> Fraser’s Hill, 2 km south of Ton, 1,200 m (03°41'N, 101°45'E), 28 August 2004, leg. A. Schulz (MHNG, AS–04/14). <b>Paratype: MALAYSIA, <i>Pahang State</i>:</b> 1&amp;female;, Fraser’s Hill, Maxwell Trail (03°42'59.1"N, 101°44'18.9"E), 1,350 m, evergreen hill forest, 12–16 May 2004, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MHNG, MAL –04/01). <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Mallinella sundaica</i> sp. nov. can be recognized by the embolus carrying a bifurcated lateral ramus, mesal ramus provided with triangular, subterminal flange and digitiform extremity (Fig. 950). The female has an ovoid epigynal plate (Fig. 934). <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet, an adjective (<i>sundaicus</i>), refers to the region in which this species occurs. <b>Description. Male</b> (holotype). Total length 7.60; prosoma 4.55 long, 3.35 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.28, ALE 0.20, PME 0.20, PLE 0.20, AME–AME 0.14, AME–ALE 0.32, PME–PME 0.24, PME–PLE 0.50; MOQ: 0.58 long, 0.50 anterior width, 0.46 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 17.54 (4.21, 5.50, 4.40, 3.42), II 14.54 (3.68, 4.58, 3.64, 2.64), III 14.63 (3.84, 4.40, 3.92, 2.44), IV 20.22 (4.88, 5.96, 6.30, 3.04). <i>Coloration</i> (Fig. 925). Carapace dark brown. Chelicerae dark reddish brown. Sternum reddish brown. Legs orange-brown, except for coxae yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown, cardiac region pale. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs fused, forming pale reniform patches; third and fourth pairs represented by pale round spots, fifth pair by transverse chevron. <i>Palp</i> (Fig. 950). RTA relatively short, broad at base, abruptly bent ectad in ventral view, apex bluntly pointed. TA rostrated; apico-prolateral fold triangular, broad; apico-prolateral process sharply pointed, directed posteromesad; basal tooth blunt. Embolic base aligned in transverse direction, anterior margin triangular; membranous area triangular, narrowed. Embolus broad, bifurcated, branching subterminally; lateral ramus divided, with two sharply pointed extremities; mesal ramus longer, with triangular semi-transparent flange and digitiform apex. <b>Female</b> (paratype). Total length 7.75; prosoma 4.72 long, 3.40 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.20, PME 0.20, PLE 0.20, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.38, PME–PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.50; MOQ: 0.60 long, 0.50 anterior width, 0.46 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 17.66 (4.24, 5.54, 4.42, 3.44), II 14.64 (3.68, 4.61, 3.68, 2.66), III 14.72 (3.88, 4.43, 3.96, 2.46), IV 20.36 (4.92, 6.00, 6.34, 3.06). <i>Coloration</i>. Carapace dark chestnut-brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Sternum reddish brown. Legs orange–brown, except for coxae yellowish orange. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs fused, forming pale reniform patches; third and fourth pairs represented by irregular pale spots, fifth pair by three procurved irregular patches. <i>Genitalia</i> (Figs 934, 951–954). Epigynal plate tongue-shaped. Lateral borders sharply pointed, projecting inwards. Spermathecae divided into upper and lower parts: upper part smaller than lower one. <b>Natural history.</b> <i>Mallinella sundaica</i> sp. nov. inhabits rainforests at relatively high altitude (1,200–1,350 m asl). <b>Distribution.</b> Known only from the type locality on the Malay Peninsula.
description: Published as part of <i>Dankittipakul, Pakawin, Jocqué, Rudy &amp; 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)</i> on pages 207-210, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5252563