Mallinella zhoushengboi Lin & Li 2024, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Lin, Yejie
name: Li, Shuqiang
name: Mo, Haolin
name: Wang, Xihao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Zodariidae
Mallinella
Mallinella zhoushengboi

description: Mallinella zhoushengboi Lin & Li, sp. nov. (Figs 81–83)   
Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Mr. Shengbo Zhou (Shenyang, China), who has helped us greatly with this research; noun (name) in genitive case.  
 Diagnosis. Mallinella zhoushengboi Lin & Li, sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other Chinese species by the curved, hook-shaped tip of the tegular apophysis and the epigynal atrium posterior edge with a scape.   
Description. Male (holotype). Total length 5.54, carapace 2.47 long, 1.96 wide, opisthosoma 2.98 long, 2.11 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.20, ALE 0.17, PME 0.16, PLE 0.17, AME–AME 0.05, AME–ALE 0.08, PME–PME 0.10, PME–PLE 0.21, AME–PME 0.12, ALE–PLE 0.05. Leg measurements: I 7.38 (1.97, 2.22, 1.80, 1.39), II 7.07 (1.84, 2.14, 1.76, 1.33), III 6.64 (1.46, 1.91, 2.04, 1.23), IV 9.19 (2.05, 2.61, 2.87, 1.66).  
Coloration (Fig. 83A). Entire prosoma, including legs, reddish brown. Dorsum of opisthosoma sepia. Opisthosoma oval, dark brown, dorsum with 3 pairs of pale oblong spots, anterior one largest, followed by hourglass-shaped spots. Spinnerets yellow-brown.  
Palp (Fig. 81). Femur three times longer than wide. Retrolateral tibial apophysis digitiform, tip blunt. Tegular apophysis rostrated; mesal ridge tip blunt; baso-prolateral tooth triangular; with broad base. Embolus relatively broad, bifurcated subterminally, mesal ramus longer than lateral ramus.  
Female (one paratype Ar44923). Total length 6.80, carapace 3.55 long, 2.48 wide, opisthosoma 3.56 long, 2.60 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.18, ALE 0.20, PME 0.19, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.07, AME–ALE 0.09, PME–PME 0.08, PME–PLE 0.24, AME–PME 0.12, ALE–PLE 0.03. Leg measurements: I 6.48 (1.87, 2.04, 1.33, 1.24), II 5.98 (1.63, 1.87, 1.28, 1.20), III 6.11 (1.45, 1.85, 1.65, 1.16), IV 7.75 (1.74, 2.29, 2.33, 1.39).  
Coloration (Fig. 83). Similar to that of male except 4 pairs of spots and white spots posteriorly, without scutum.  
Epigyne (Fig. 81). Atrium broad, anterior edge slightly curved and posterior edge with scape. Lateral border of epigynal plate tip blunt. Spermathecae enlarged, rounded apically, separated by about their diameter  
Material examined. Holotype ♂ (IZCAS-Ar44922), China: Chongqing, Chengkou Co., 20.VIII.2023, Yuyang Zhou leg. Paratype 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar44923), same data as holotype.  
Distribution. Known only from the type locality.  
 Funding This research was funded by the Science & Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program of China (2023FY100200).   
 Acknowledgements The manuscript benifitted greatly from comments by Yuri M. Marusik (Magadan, Russia), Alireza Zamani (Turku, Finland) and Quanyu Ji (Hebei, China). Theo Blick (WSC) checked etymology. Sarah Crews checked the English of the final version. Can Zhang (Yunnan), Danyang Zhou (Zhejiang), Fan Gao (Jiangsu), Fengyuan Li (Beijing), Guo Zheng (Liaoning), Haolin Mo (Guangxi), Huihang Cai (Zhejiang), Jiang Chang (Zhejiang), Jie Liu (Hubei), Jincheng Liu (Beijing), Linghui Lin, Qi Cao, Qianle Lu (Guangdong), Shanmi Zheng (Sichuan), Tongyao Jiang (Beijing), Xiaoxiao Wang, Xin Xie (Guangdong), Yafei Wang, Yanfeng Tong (Liaoning), Yiduo Wang (Guangdong), Yucheng Lin (Sichuan), Yuyang Zhou (Chongqing), Zhe Zhao (Beijing), Zhigang Chen (Yunnan), Zhiyuan Yao (Liaoning) and Zixian Fang (Zhejiang) from China and Dinh-Sac Pham (Hanoi, Vietnam) helped with field work. Lan Yang (Beijing) helped with measurements. Danyang Zhou (Zhejiang, China), Fan Gao (Jiangsu), Haolin Mo (Guangxi), Jiang Chang (Zhejiang), Li He (Sichuan), Qianle Lu (Guangdong), Xin Xie (Guangdong), Yanbin Yao (Fujian) and Zehao Ma (Yunnan) from China took the photographs.
description: Published as part of Lin, Yejie, Li, Shuqiang, Mo, Haolin & Wang, Xihao, 2024, Thirty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from China, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam, pp. 4-98 in Zoological Systematics 49 (1) on pages 95-96, DOI: 10.11865/zs.2024101, http://zenodo.org/record/10941018