Mallinella simillima 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 simillima

description: <i>Mallinella simillima</i> sp. nov. (Figs 610–611, 617, 631, 648–655) Material examined. <b>Holotype:</b> &amp;male;, <b>MALAYSIA, <i>Pahang State</i>:</b> Tioman Islands, pied du Gunung (02º47'181"N, 104º07'892"E), rain forest, 160 m, 2 October 2001, leg. L. Monod (MHNG, TM –17). <b>Paratypes: MALAYSIA, <i>Pahang State</i>:</b> 1&amp;male;, 1&amp;female;, Tioman Islands, near Kg. Genting, 100–250 m (2°46’N, 104°08’E), 20 August 2004, leg. A. Schulz (MHNG, AS –04/04). <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Mallinella allorostrata</i> sp. nov., <i>M. fasciata</i> comb. nov., and <i>M. simillima</i> sp. nov. are closely related and resemble each other in both somatic and genitalic morphology. <i>M. simillima</i> sp. nov. can be easily distinguished by the different shape of its spermathecae which are situated at the end of distinctly long insemination ducts (Fig. 631); males differ by the shape of lateral ramus and the slightly elevated median ridge on the TA (Fig.648) (ridge strongly pronounced in <i>M. allorostrata</i> sp. nov. and <i>M. fasciata</i> comb. nov.). <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet is the superlative of <i>similis</i> (= similar) and refers to the close resemblance between this new species and <i>M. fasciata</i> comb. nov. <b>Description. Male</b> (holotype). Total length 5.70; prosoma 3.50 long, 2.24 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.26, ALE 0.18, PME 0.18, PLE 0.18, AME–AME 0.10, AME–ALE 0.22, PME–PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.34; MOQ: 0.56 long, 0.50 anterior width, 0.46 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 14.38 (3.46, 4.36, 4.04, 2.47), II 13.68 (3.25, 3.71, 3.44, 3.25), III 12.05 (3.06, 3.50, 3.52, 1.94), IV 16.16 (3.55, 4.74, 5.30, 2.50). <i>Coloration</i> (Fig. 610). Carapace yellowish brown. Chelicerae brown. Sternum pale brown. Legs yellowish, except for coxae pale, almost white. Dorsum of opisthosoma pale brown, without distinctive pattern. <i>Palp</i> (Figs 648–651). Retrolateral side of palpal tibia slightly elevated, blunt terminally. RTA digitiform, gradually tapered towards round apex. TA rostrated; apico-retrolaterally with broad triangular fold directed mesad; apico-prolateral process slender, sharply pointed, directed mesad; mesal ridge poorly elevated in ventral view. Tegular spine broad at base. Embolic base in transverse direction; anterior membranous area almost indistinct. Embolus provided with longitudinal groove; lateral ramus longer than mesal ramus, rounded distally, subterminally narrowed; mesal ramus with lanceolate apex. <b>Female</b> (paratype). Total length 5.76; prosoma 3.54 long, 2.26 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.28, ALE 0.18, PME 0.18, PLE 0.18, AME–AME 0.11, AME–ALE 0.18, PME–PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.34; MOQ: 0.56 long, 0.50 anterior width, 0.47 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 14.50 (3.50, 4.41, 4.08, 2.48), II 13.78 (3.28, 3.74, 3.47, 3.26), III 12.15 (3.09, 3.53, 3.55, 1.96), IV 16.29 (3.58, 4.78, 5.37, 2.55). <i>Coloration</i> (Fig. 611). Carapace brown. Sternum orange-brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Legs yellowish brown. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark sepia, without distinctive pattern. <i>Genitalia</i> (Figs 617, 631, 652–655). Epigynal plate provided with shallow anterior median incision, posterior margin straight. Spermathecae distally rounded, apices divergent. <b>Natural history.</b> <i>Mallinella simillima</i> sp. nov. inhabits a small island predominantly covered with lowland evergreen rainforests and secondary forests. <b>Distribution.</b> Known only from Tioman Island.
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 143-146, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5252563