Mallinella apiculata 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 apiculata

description: <i>Mallinella apiculata</i> sp. nov. (Figs 606–607, 612–614, 620, 627, 656–663) Material examined. <b>Holotype:</b> &amp;male;, <b>MALAYSIA, <i>Pahang State</i>:</b> Gunung Arong (02°33'12.1"N, 103°45'20.5"E), 20 m, rainforest, 15 km north of Mersing, 29–30 May 2004, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MHNG, MAL –04/06). <b>Paratypes:</b> 1&amp;male;, 2&amp;female;, same data as holotype (MHNG, MAL –04/06). <b>Diagnosis.</b> Males of <i>M. apiculata</i> sp. nov. are easily recognized by the peculiar apical process on the TA, in combination with a broad, terminally widened apico-prolateral process and a pronounced triangular meso-retrolateral fold (Fig. 656). Females can be distinguished by the enlarged spermathecae (Fig. 627). <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet ‘ <i>apiculata’</i> is an adjective meaning ‘provided with a small apex’ (<i>apiculus</i> = small apex) and refers to the conspicuous apical process on the TA of the male palp. <b>Description. Male</b> (holotype). Total length 6.80; prosoma 4.22 long, 2.60 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.32, ALE 0.22, PME 0.22, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.16, AME–ALE 0.22, PME–PME 0.20, PME–PLE 0.46; MOQ: 0.60 long, 0.54 anterior width, 0.52 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 15.82 (3.82, 4.81, 4.46, 2.70), II 15.06 (3.58, 4.08, 3.78, 3.56), III 13.26 (3.36, 3.86, 3.88, 2.14), IV 17.78 (3.90, 5.22, 5.74, 2.78). <i>Coloration</i> (Figs 606, 614). Carapace dark chestnut-brown. Sternum reddish brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Legs yellowish orange. Opisthosoma without pattern; back ground creamy white. <i>Palp</i> (Figs 656–660). Retrolateral side of palpal tibia slightly elevated, blunt terminally. RTA digitiform, gradually tapered towards round apex. TA longer than wide; apical tooth directed anteriad; apico-prolateral process triangular, broad distally; meso-retrolateral fold triangular, broad at base, directed mesad; baso-prolateral ridge visible in lateral view, imperceptible in ventral view. Tegular spine present. Embolic base in a transverse direction; anterior membranous area broad, triangular. Embolus with longitudinal groove, mesal ridge with semi-transparent median elevation. <b>Female</b> (paratype). Total length 6.00; prosoma 3.62 long, 2.38 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.22, PME 0.20, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.20, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.40; MOQ: 0.58 long, 0.56 anterior width, 0.50 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 15.05 (3.64, 4.58, 4.23, 2.58), II 14.31 (3.40, 3.88, 3.60, 3.40), III 12.61 (3.20, 3.66, 3.68, 2.02), IV 16.90 (3.72, 4.96, 5.56, 2.64). <i>Coloration</i> (Fig. 607). Carapace reddish brown. Sternum and chelicerae brown. Legs yellowish. Opisthosoma sepia; dorsum without distinct dorsal pattern: cardiac area with longitudinal pale band, followed by disconnected spots. <i>Genitalia</i> (Figs 620, 627, 661–663). Epigynal plate broad, anteriorly with V-shaped median incision, posteriorly slightly elevated. Spermathecae truncated, widened apically, margins excavated on mesolateral side. <b>Natural history.</b> <i>Mallinella apiculata</i> sp. nov. was collected by means of sifting humus and organic material in a lowland evergreen rainforest. <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 146-148, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5252563