Mallinella rostrata 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 rostrata

description: Mallinella rostrata sp. nov.   
(Figs 215, 231, 239, 250–255)  
 Material examined. Holotype: ♂,  THAILAND, Song Khla Province:  Khao Kor-Hong, 15 October 2005, leg. B. Phongsee (MHNG).  Paratypes: THAILAND, Nakhon Sri Thammarat Province:  2♀, 3 juveniles, Tha Sala District, Khao Nan NP, soil sample, 14–15 July 2005, leg. P. Dankittipakul (MHNG).   
 Diagnosis. Males are similar to those of M. bidenticulata sp. nov. in having a bifid apical process, a triangular meso-prolateral ridge, and a basal ridge on the TA of the male palp (Fig. 250); in M. bidenticulata sp. nov. the mesal modification is represented by two denticles (Fig. 256). Females can be separated from all other members of the hilaris -group by the presence of an anterior median hump on the epigynal plate (Fig. 231).   
 Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from Latin (rostratus, –a, –um = with a beak) and refers to the shape of the TA.   
 Description. Male  (holotype). Total length 8.71; prosoma 4.29 long, 3.51 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.18, ALE 0.15, PME 0.15, PLE 0.15, AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.20, PME–PME 0.12, PME–PLE 0.26; MOQ: 0.50 long, 0.46 anterior width, 0.42 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 15.47 (3.51, 4.29, 3.25, 4.42), II 11.57 (2.99, 3.64, 2.86, 2.00), III 11.70 (3.12, 3.51, 3.12, 1.95), IV 13.90 (3.25, 4.55, 4.29, 1.84).   
 Coloration. Carapace dark chestnut-brown. Chelicerae brown. Sternum orange-brown. Legs yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma sepia, mottled with numerous pale spots. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs represented by paired pale spots, first pair oblong, second pair short transverse bands; third to fifth pairs forming a series of transverse bands. Dorsal scutum indistinct.   
 Palp (Figs 250–253). Retrolateral margin of palpal tibia well-developed, subtriangular, apex bluntly pointed. RTA digitiform, short and broad, apically rounded. Tegular spine minute, terminally blunt. TA rostrated; apico-prolateral process bifid, elongated, directed mesad; meso-prolateral ridge triangular, margin curved anteriorly; postero-retrolateral ridge triangular, directed ventrad in prolateral view; baso-prolateral ridge visible only in ventral view. Embolic base originating at 270°. Embolus broken off.   
 Female (paratype). Total length 12; prosoma 5.70 long, 3.75 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.32, ALE 0.26, PME 0.20, PLE 0.25, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.22, PME–PME 0.20, PME–PLE 0.46; MOQ: 0.78 long, 0.74 anterior width, 0.72 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 12.45 (3.60, 3.75, 30.15, 1.95), II 11.05 (3.54, 3.75, 2.25, 1.51), III 12.18 (3.48, 3.81, 2.94, 1.95), IV 13.41 (3.75, 3.87, 3.60, 2.19).   
 Coloration (Fig. 215). Carapace brown, radiating striae orange-brown. Sternum and chelicerae brown. Legs yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma sepia, mottled with numerous minute pale spots. Dorsal pattern: first pair represented by small round spots; second pair by paired curved bands extending laterally; third to fifth pairs by chevrons.   
 Genitalia (Figs 231, 239, 254–255). Epigynal plate strongly rebordered, provided with median hump, posterior margin excavated medially. Lateral borders retracted. Insemination ducts long, clearly separated from heavily sclerotized spermathecae. Basal part of spermathecae cylindrical, apical part spherical.   
 Natural history. Mallinella rostrata sp. nov. inhabits secondary evergreen forest.   
 Distribution. Southern Thailand.
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 54-55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5252563