Mallinella longipoda 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 longipoda

description: Mallinella longipoda sp. nov.   
(Figs 714–716, 723, 731, 736, 748–756)  
 Material examined. Holotype: ♂,  MALAYSIA, Borneo, Sabah State:  Mt Kinabalu, Poring Hot Springs, 600 env., au–dessous de Bat on Kipugit cave, tamisage de débris vegétaux dans le ravin, à proximité de la rivière, 10 May 1987, leg. D. Burckhardt & I. Löbl (MHNG, 19a). Paratypes: 1♂, 2♀, same data as holotype (MHNG 19 a).  MALAYSIA, Borneo, Sabah State  : 1♂, Langanan River, 850 m, tamisage de feuilles mortes et mousses à proximité du ruisseau, 14 May 1987, leg. D. Burckhardt et I. Löbl (MHNG, 25a); 1♂, 1♀, ibidem, 500 m, forêt de Dipterocarpacae relativement humide, tamisage dans la forêt, 7 May 1987, leg. D. Burckhardt & I. Löbl (MHNG, 15a); 1♀, ibidem, 500 m, forêt de Dipterocarpacae à proximité des ‘headquarters’, tamisage de bois pourri et de feuilles mortes, 13 May 1987, leg. D. Burckhardt & I. Löbl (MHNG, 24a).   
 Diagnosis. Males of M. longipoda sp. nov. can be recognized by the embolic tip which is slender (Fig. 748); they are somewhat similar to those of M. calilungae sp. nov. in having a large basal tooth, but differ by the apical process which is sharply pointed and directed posteromesad. Females can be distinguished by the epigynal plate which is bi-lobed, its anterior margin is medially divided (Fig. 736).   
 Etymology. The specific epithet means ‘long leg’ and refers to the unusually long legs in the male.   
 Description. Male  (holotype). Total length 5.00; prosoma 3.09 long, 1.96 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.16, ALE 0.14, PME 0.14, PLE 0.14, AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.10, PME–PME 0.12, PME–PLE 0.20; MOQ: 0.38 long, 0.36 anterior width, 0.32 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 13.00 (3.02, 3.80, 3.72, 2.42), II 11.52 (2.84, 3.24, 3.18, 2.26), III 10.04 (2.66, 3.06, 3.12, 2.18), IV 15.04 (3.10, 4.12, 5.16, 2.62).   
 Coloration (Figs 714, 716). Carapace orange-brown. Sternum orange. Chelicerae brown. Legs yellowish brown, except coxae pale yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma bright sepia. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs represented by pale oval spots, obliquely arranged; third pair by transverse oval spots; fourth pair by paired oval spots medially connected.   
 Palp (Figs 731, 748–752). RTA broad ridge originating ventrally, apex blunt. TA elongated; apical process sharply pointed, directed posteromesad; apico-retrolateral tooth minute, terminally blunt; basal tooth triangular, sharply pointed, directed anteriad. Tegular spine relatively broad, rounded distally. Embolic base in transverse direction, anterior margin straight, posterior margin slightly excavated, anterior membranous area broad, triangular. Embolus flange-like, broad subterminally, abruptly tapered to form slender apex.   
 Female (paratype). Total length 5.04; prosoma 3.00 long, 1.98 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.16, ALE 0.12, PME 0.12, PLE 0.12, AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.12, PME–PME 0.14, PME–PLE 0.22; MOQ: 0.38 long, 0.32 anterior width, 0.30 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 12.35 (3.06, 3.66, 3.56, 2.24), II 10.86 (2.56, 3.08, 3.00, 2.19), III 10.38 (2.20, 2.99, 3.07, 2.10), IV 14.47 (3.03, 4.08, 5.3, 2.06).   
 Coloration (Fig. 715). Carapace orange-brown. Sternum orange. Chelicerae brown. Legs yellowish brown, except coxae and patellae pale yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark sepia. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs represented by small pale oval spots, obliquely arranged; third and fourth pair by oval spots; fourth pair almost connected medially.   
 Genitalia (Figs 736, 753–756). Epigynal plate V-shaped, consisting of two elevated lateral lobes, anterior median incision deep, reaching posterior margin. Lateral borders digitiform, terminally blunt. Spermathecae tongue-shaped in anterior view, lateral margins constricted.   
 Natural history. Mallinella longipoda sp. nov. was collected by sifting humus and decomposing organic litter around Poring Hot Spring, Mt. Kinabalu.   
 Distribution. Known only from the type locality on 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 166-167, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5252563