Mallinella clavigera 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 clavigera

description: <i>Mallinella clavigera</i> sp. nov. (Figs 539–540, 555–560, 587–589) Material examined. <b>Holotype:</b> &amp;male;, <b>INDONESIA, <i>Sumatra, North Sumatra Province</i>:</b> Nias Island, secondary forest near Laowomaru Cave, 8km south of Gunungsitoli, 1°14’29’’N, 97°39’01’’E, 30 m, 21 June 2006, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MHNG, Sum–06/24). <b>Paratypes: INDONESIA, <i>Sumatra, North Sumatra Province</i>:</b> 1&amp;male;, Nias Island, disturbed primary forest, near road Gunungsitoli – Hiliduho, 1°15’59’’N, 97°32’37’’E, 100 m, 24 June 2006, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MHNG, Sum –06/27); 2&amp;female;, Nias Island, swamp forest 2 km east of Biouti village, ca. 10 km west of Idanogawo, 1°03’49’’N, 97°49’53’’E, 5 m, 22 June 2006, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MHNG, Sum –06/ 25); East <b> <i>Sumatra (Aceh) Province</i>:</b> 3&amp;female;, Gunung Leuser NP, Ketambe, 2–4 March 1983, leaf litter, leg. Suh. Djojosudharmo (RMHN). <b> <i>West Sumatra Province</i>:</b> 1&amp;female;, old secondary forest above Harau Canyon, north of Payakumbuh, 0°05’46’’S, 100°39’58’’E, 750 m, 7 June 2006, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MHNG, Sum –06/11). <b>Diagnosis.</b> Females can be easily recognized by the shape of the spermathecae, which are distally widened to form a spherical apex (Fig. 556). Males can be confused with those of <i>M. capillipes</i> sp. nov., but have a shorter apico-prolateral flange and a less pronounced apico-retrolateral lobe. This species is distinctly larger in size than that of <i>M. capillipes</i> sp. nov. <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet (<i>clavigera</i> = bearing a club) is a Latin adjective derived from Latin words (<i>clava</i> = club; <i>gerere</i> = to carry). <b>Description. Male</b> (holotype). Total length 6.60; prosoma 3.76 long, 2.90 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.24, PME 0.20, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.10, AME–ALE 0.20, PME–PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.42; MOQ: 0.60 long, 0.58 anterior width, 0.56 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 15.41 (3.70, 4.83, 3.87, 3.00), II 12.80 (3.22, 3.98, 3.21, 2.36), III 12.76 (3.38, 3.68, 3.52, 2.12), IV 18.18 (4.29, 5.26, 5.40, 3.08). <i>Coloration</i> (Figs 539, 557). Carapace dark reddish brown. Sternum orange. Chelicerae reddish brown. Coxae, trochanters, and femora orange; patellae yellowish; tibiae brown; metatarsi and tarsi yellowish brown. Opisthosoma sepia. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs fused, forming reniform pale patches; third to fifth pairs represented by paired round spots. <i>Palp</i> (Fig. 587). RTA digitiform, gradually tapered towards terminally bluntly pointed apex. TA with sharply pointed apico-prolateral flange; apical process represented by triangular tooth; meso-prolateral fold triangular, broad; basal ridge running obliquely. Embolic base slightly excavated anteriorly; membranous area situated on anterior and prolateral margin. Embolus blade-like, elongated. <b>Female</b> (paratype). Total length 5.78; prosoma 3.28 long, 2.54 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.26, ALE 0.20, PME 0.20, PLE 0.20, AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.18, PME–PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.38; MOQ: 0.52 long, 0.48 anterior width, 0.46 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 13.44 (3.22, 4.21, 3.37, 2.62), II 11.16 (2.81, 3.48, 2.80, 2.08), III 10.82 (2.94, 3.38, 2.80, 1.68), IV 15.84 (3.74, 4.60, 4.82, 2.68). <i>Coloration</i> (Fig. 540). Carapace reddish brown. Sternum orange. Chelicerae brown. Legs yellowish brown. Opisthosoma sepia, mottled with numerous minute pale spots. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs fused, forming paired longitudinal bands; third and fourth pairs represented by paired of pale round spots; fifth pair by transverse band. <i>Genitalia</i> (Figs 555–556, 588–589). Epigynal plate trapezoidal, with shallow anterior median incision, posterior margin protruded, extending over epigastric furrow. Spermathecae aristate, convergent, distal part spherical, distinctly enlarged. <b>Natural history.</b> <i>Mallinella clavigera</i> sp. nov. was collected in disturbed primary evergreen forests. <b>Distribution.</b> Northern Sumatra and Nias Island, Indonesia.
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 130-132, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5252563