Mallinella convolutiva 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 convolutiva

description: <i>Mallinella convolutiva</i> sp. nov. (Figs 402–423) Material examined. <b>Holotype:</b> &amp;male;, <b>VIETNAM, <i>Dong Nai Province</i>:</b> Cat Tien National Park, 25 km NW of Tan Phu (11º25'22.3"N, 107º25'42.5"E), 130 m, evergreen rainforest between HQ and Mr. Dong redwood tree, 26–29 August 2003, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MHNG, SV–03/14). <b>Paratypes:</b> 1&amp;male;, 1&amp;female;, same data as holotype. 1&amp;female;, Lam Dong Province, road from Da Hoa (= Da Huoai) to Bao Loc, ca. 13 km southwest of Bao Loc (11º27'19.8"N, 107º43'03.8"E), 690 m, evergreen rainforest, 31 August 2003, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MHNG, SV–03/17). <b>Diagnosis.</b> Males can be easily distinguished by the truncated tegular spine (Fig. 415), the membranous posterior margin of the embolic base (Fig. 413) and the pronounced RTA with apical modification (Fig. 414). The female is recognized by the strongly elongated apical part of the spermathecae provided with 15 unequal coils. <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet is derived from Latin (stem <i>convolutes</i> = past participle of <i>convolvare</i> = to roll up, to entwine). <b>Description. Male</b> (holotype). Total length 7.28; prosoma 3.64 long, 2.56 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.32, ALE 0.22, PME 0.23, PLE 0.23, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.22, PME–PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.42; MOQ: 0.72 long, 0.66 anterior width, 0.58 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 10.00 (2.76, 3.62, 2.10, 1.56), II 5.56 (2.28, 3.10, 1.82, 1.36), III 7.26 (2.10, 2.06, 1.82, 1.28), IV 11.02 (2.90, 3.40, 3.08, 1.62). <i>Coloration</i> (Figs 402, 406). Carapace dark chestnut-brown, integument coarsely punctated. Chelicerae brown. Sternum orange-brown. Legs yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown, with reduced opisthosomal pattern. Dorsal scutum well-defined, longitudinal, occupying 1/3 of opisthosomal length. <i>Palp</i> (Figs 410–422). RTA represented by large prong, abruptly bending at half its length, apex with elevated lateral ridge. Cymbial fold broad, reaching apex. Tegular spine short and truncated. Conductor with distinctly pronounced triangular dorsal process. TA with triangular apico-prolateral fold; apico-prolateral process replaced by broad, sharply pointed, triangular flange directed posteriad; meso-prolateral ridge triangular. Embolic base subtriangular; membranous area well-developed, situated on lateral and posterior margin. Embolus filiform, elongated, originating at 90°. <b>Female</b> (paratype). Total length 7.64; prosoma 3.82 long, 2.67 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.32, ALE 0.22, PME 0.24, PLE 0.24, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.22, PME–PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.42; MOQ: 0.72 long, 0.60 anterior width, 0.56 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 10.50 (2.86, 3.82, 2.20, 1.62), II 8.98 (2.38, 3.24, 1.90, 1.44), III 7.60 (2.20, 2.17, 1.90, 1.34), IV 11.64 (3.06, 3.64, 2.24, 1.70). <i>Coloration</i> (Fig. 401). Carapace brown. Chelicerae brown. Sternum yellowish. Legs yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma sepia. Dorsal pattern represented by four faint chevrons, second one largest. <i>Genitalia</i> (Figs 408–409, 423). Epigynal plate lenticular, with indistinct anterior median incision, posterior margin slightly excavated. Insemination ducts rather short. Spermathecae basally rounded, apical part strongly elongated, cylindrical, with 15 coils. <b>Natural history.</b> <i>Mallinella convolutiva</i> sp. nov. inhabits evergreen forests at low altitude. <b>Distribution.</b> Southern Vietnam.
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 98-100, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5252563