Mallinella denticulata 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 denticulata

description: <i>Mallinella denticulata</i> sp. nov. (Figs 839, 854–855, 865, 874–882) Material examined. <b>Holotype:</b> &amp;male;, <b>MALAYSIA, <i>Pahang State</i>:</b> Fraser’s Hill, northeastern side, 1200 m (3°44’N, 101°46’E), 25 August 2004, leg. A. Schulz (MHNG, AS–04/08). <b>Paratypes:</b> 1&amp;female;, same data as holotype (MHNG, AS–04/08); <b>MALAYSIA, <i>Pahang State</i></b> <b>:</b> 2&amp;female;, Genting Highland, August 1979, (JFMC, coll. 15324, PM OS–2); 1&amp;female;, Cameron Highlands, Gunung Jasar trail 11, 1,550 m (tamisage), 24 March 1993, leg. I. Löbl &amp; F. Calame (MHNG, WM93–18 b). <b>Diagnosis.</b> Males of <i>M. denticulata</i> sp. nov. are recognized by the large basal tooth on the TA, and by the subterminal flange on the grooved embolus (Fig. 874). Females are distinguished by the spermathecae which are not evidently separated as in other species of the <i>tricuspida</i> -group (Fig. 880). <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet (<i>denticulatus</i>) refers to the presence of a large basal tooth on the TA of male palp. <b>Description. Male</b> (holotype). Total length 7.30; prosoma 4.40 long, 3.32 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.22, PME 0.22, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.36, PME–PME 0.24, PME–PLE 0.42; MOQ: 0.60 long, 0.52 anterior width, 0.50 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 17.92 (4.30, 5.62, 4.50, 3.48), II 14.86 (3.74, 4.78, 3.72, 2.72), III 14.95 (3.92, 4.50, 4.02, 2.50), IV 20.64 (4.98, 6.08, 6.44, 3.12). <i>Coloration</i>. Carapace orange-brown. Sternum yellowish brown. Chelicerae brown. Legs yellowish, except for coxae whitish. Dorsum of opisthosoma sepia. Dorsal pattern: first pair greatly reduced; second pair represented by oblique pale spots, almost the same size as third pair but distinctly larger than fourth and fifth pairs. <i>Palp</i> (Figs 854–855, 874–876). RTA broad at base, gradually tapered towards sharply pointed apex. TA with broad, triangular apico-prolateral fold; baso-prolateral tooth triangular, sharply pointed, directed anteriad, occupying approximately half length of TA. Embolic base oblong; membranous area broad, triangular, situated anteriorly. Embolus with longitudinal groove starting proximally, mesal flange subterminally with additional semi-transparent projection directed anteriad. <b>Female</b> (paratype). Total length 6.90; prosoma 4.10 long, 3.30 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.28, ALE 0.20, PME 0.18, PLE 0.20, AME–AME 0.10, AME–ALE 0.28, PME–PME 0.24, PME–PLE 0.38; MOQ: 0.58 long, 0.52 anterior width, 0.50 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 16.73 (4.02, 5.24, 4.20, 3.26), II 13.86 (3.50, 4.36, 3.48, 2.52), III 13.94 (3.66, 4.20, 3.74, 2.32), IV 19.26 (4.66, 5.68, 6.02, 2.90). <i>Coloration</i> (Fig. 839). Carapace orange-brown. Sternum yellowish brown. Chelicerae brown. Legs yellowish, except for coxae whitish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown. Dorsal pattern: first pair greatly reduced; second and third pair represented by pale spots obliquely arranged, distinctly larger than fourth and fifth pairs. <i>Genitalia</i> (Figs 865, 877–882). Epigynal plate semi-circular. Spermathecae compact, slightly divided at half their length. <b>Natural history.</b> Known from evergreen forests at relatively high altitude. <b>Distribution.</b> Malay Peninsula.
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 page 191, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5252563