Mallinella adonis 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 adonis

description: <i>Mallinella adonis</i> sp. nov. (Figs 1012–1013, 1032–1036) Material examined. <b>Holotype:</b> &amp;male;, <b>MALAYSIA, <i>Perak State</i>:</b> Maxwell Hill, 6 km east of Taiping, 700–800 m (4°52’N, 100°47’E), 23 December 2004, leg. A. Schulz. (MHNG, AS–04/26). <b>Paratypes: MALAYSIA, <i>Perak State</i>:</b> 2&amp;female;, Maxwell Hill, 1,100 m, 21 October 1999, leg. G. Cuccodoro &amp; I. Löbl (MHNG, 11). <b>Diagnosis.</b> Males of this new species closely resemble those of <i>M. elegans</i> sp. nov. in having a TA adorned with a conspicuously large, triangular apico-prolateral fold and a slender apico-prolateral process (Fig. 1032). They can be distinguished by the bifurcated embolus (embolus filiform in <i>M. elegans</i> sp. nov.). Females have similar spermathecae but can be recognized by the more or less parallel lateral sides and the apical part bending outwards in a wider angle (Fig. 1012). <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet is a noun in apposition, referring to a prominent figure in Greek mythology, Adonis, for the beautiful TA of the male palp. <b>Description. Male</b> (holotype). Total length 7.50; prosoma 4.00 long, 3.00 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.22, PME 0.20, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.26, AME–ALE 0.38, PME–PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.50; MOQ: 0.60 long, 0.46 anterior width, 0.42 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 16.72 (4.02, 5.26, 4.20, 3.26), II 13.86 (3.50, 4.26, 3.48, 2.52), III 13.96 (3.66, 4.20, 3.76, 2.34), IV 19.28 (4.66, 5.68, 6.02, 2.90). <i>Coloration</i>. Carapace brown, margin with dark brown marking. Chelicerae dark brown. Sternum brown. Legs yellowish brown. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs fused, forming reniform patches; third to fifth pairs represented by paired oval spots. <i>Palp</i> (Fig. 1032). RTA broad at base, gradually tapered anteriorly, apex bluntly pointed. TA with relatively broad triangular apico-prolateral fold situated anterior to smaller semi-circular medial ridge; apico-prolateral process slender, sharply pointed; basal tooth blunt, situated retrolaterally. Embolic base elongate-ovoid, aligned in transverse direction; membranous area narrowed, triangular. Embolus bifurcated, branching proximally; apex of mesal ramus dilated distally, partially semi-transparent; lateral ramus widest medially, tapered towards blunt apex. <b>Female</b> (paratype). Total length 7.76; prosoma 4.10 long, 3.25 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.22, PME 0.20, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.28, AME–ALE 0.40, PME–PME 0.24, PME–PLE 0.50; MOQ: 0.60 long, 0.46 anterior width, 0.42 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 15.53 (3.72, 4.86, 3.90, 3.00), II 12.88 (3.26, 4.06, 3.22, 2.34), III 12.96 (3.40, 3.90, 3.48, 2.00), IV 17.90 (4.32, 5.26, 5.60, 2.70). <i>Coloration</i>. Carapace brown. Sternum brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Legs orange-brown, except for coxae yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown. Dorsal pattern: first pair indistinct; second pair represented by irregular shaped patches; third to fifth pairs by transverse bands. <i>Genitalia</i> (Figs 1012–1013, 1033–1036). Epigynal plate trapezoidal, anterior margin slightly wider than posterior margin, provided with shallow anterior median incision; posterior margin convex. Lateral borders blunt, parallel sides. Spermathecae cylindrical, abruptly diverging sub-apically, apex blunt. <b>Natural history.</b> <i>Mallinella adonis</i> sp. nov. was collected from an evergreen forests at moderate altitude (700–1,100 m asl). <b>Distribution.</b> Known only from the type locality.
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 218-219, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5252563