Mallinella robusta 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 robusta

description: <i>Mallinella robusta</i> sp. nov. (Figs 838, 850–851, 861, 907–909) Material examined. <b>Holotype:</b> &amp;male;, <b>MALAYSIA, <i>Johor State</i>:</b> Gunung Pulai (01°34'50.6"N, 103°30'36.5"E), 50 m, secondary forest, southwest of Kulai, 24 May 2004, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MHNG, MAL –04/04). <b>Paratypes: MALAYSIA, <i>Johor State</i>:</b> 1&amp;male;, Layang-Layang, June 1979, leg. F. &amp; J. Murphy (FJMC, coll. 7725). <b> <i>Pahang State</i>:</b> 1&amp;female;, 4 miles northeast of Cameron Highlands, 24 April 1977, leg. L.E. Watrous (AMNH, AL–1864). <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Mallinella robusta</i> sp. nov. can be easily recognized by the short and stout embolus, and by the peculiar shape of the TA (Fig. 907). <b>Etymology.</b> The Latin adjective <i>robustus</i> (= strong) refers to the robust embolus of the male palp. <b>Description. Male</b> (holotype). Total length 7.85; prosoma 4.68 long, 3.32 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.32, ALE 0.22, PME 0.20, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.10, AME–ALE 0.32, PME–PME 0.24, PME–PLE 0.46; MOQ: 0.60 long, 0.56 anterior width, 0.52 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 19.04 (4.56, 5.98, 4.78, 3.70), II 15.80 (3.98, 4.96, 3.96, 2.88), III 15.88 (4.16, 4.78, 4.28, 2.66), IV 21.94 (5.30, 6.46, 6.86, 3.32). <i>Coloration</i> (Fig. 838). Carapace dark reddish brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Sternum brown. Legs brown, except for coxae yellowish brown. Dorsum of opisthosoma sepia. Dorsal pattern: first pair represented by small pale spots; second to fourth pairs by pale round spots, second ones largest. <i>Palp</i> (Figs 850–851, 907). Retrolateral margin of palpal tibia triangular, strongly pronounced. RTA digitiform, broad at base, gradually tapered towards sharply pointed apex. TA with enlarged, anteriorly rounded apico-retrolateral fold directed ectad; meso-prolateral tooth minute, sharply pointed, directed anteriad. Embolic base aligned in longitudinal direction; membranous area indistinct. Embolus truncated, short and stout, with deep longitudinal groove. <b>Female</b>. Total length 7.90; prosoma 4.50 long, 3.40 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.28, ALE 0.22, PME 0.20, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.34, PME–PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.48; MOQ: 0.62 long, 0.52 anterior width, 0.50 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 18.08 (4.34, 5.66, 4.54, 3.52), II 15.00 (3.78, 4.72, 3.76, 2.88), III 15.08 (3.96, 4.54, 4.04, 2.52), IV 20.84 (5.04, 6.14, 6.50, 3.14). <i>Coloration</i>. Carapace orange-brown. Chelicerae brown. Sternum yellowish brown. Legs yellowish, except coxae and proximal part of femora whitish. Dorsum of opisthosoma sepia, mottled with numerous minute spots. Dorsal pattern: with four pairs of pale patches. <i>Genitalia</i> (Figs 861, 908–909). Epigynal plate triangular, margin rebordered. Lateral borders more or less digitiform, projecting inwards. Spermathecae reniform in dorsal view, oblong in anterior view. <b>Natural history.</b> The male holotype was collected by means of sifting decomposed organic matter in a secondary forest. <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 pages 200-201, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5252563