Mallinella scapigera 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 scapigera

description: <i>Mallinella scapigera</i> sp. nov. (Figs 775–776, 786–789, 805–813) Material examined. <b>Holotype:</b> &amp;male;, <b>THAILAND, <i>Krabi Province</i>:</b> Raylay Beach, vers le lagon (00º29.435'N, 96º48.572'E) 70 m, forêt humide, 14 September 2001, leg. L. Monod (MHNG TM –07). <b>Paratypes: THAILAND, <i>Krabi Province</i>:</b> 1&amp;female;, Khao Phanom Bencha NP, near Huay To Waterfall (8º14'N, 98º55'E), rainforest, 220 m, 22 July 2005, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MHNG, TH–05/10). <b> <i>Phuket Province</i>:</b> 2&amp;female;, east of Phuket City, Siray Islands (7º53'06.8"N, 98º26'13.6"E), old secondary forest, 50 m, 12 August 2000, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MHNG THMA –00/14, TH14X); 1&amp;female;, east of Phuket City, Siray Island (7º53'06.8"N, 98º26'13.6"E), 30 m, secondary forest, 20 July 2007, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MHNG, TH–07/12, Th AX 915); 1&amp;female;, Phuket Island, 50–100 m, 22–27 September 1997, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (TNHM, MHNG, Th 19). <b> <i>Narathiwat Province</i>:</b> 1&amp;female;, Bala Hala Wildlife Sanctuary; 8 January 1999, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MGNG, TH14 z). <b>Diagnosis.</b> Males of <i>M. scapigera</i> sp. nov. are recognized by the presence of a broad, triangular apico-prolateral flange and an apical ridge on the TA, in combination with a bifurcated embolus (Fig. 805). Females are closely similar to that of <i>M. spiralis</i> sp. nov. but can be distinguished by the median scape on the bi-lobed epigynal plate (Figs 786, 788 cf. 790). <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet is derived from Latin (<i>scapus</i> = blade-like) and refers to the presence of a median scape on the epigynal plate. <b>Description. Male</b> (holotype). Total length 6.46; prosoma 3.97 long, 2.50 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.32, ALE 0.22, PME 0.18, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.30, PME–PME 0.20, PME–PLE 0.42; MOQ: 0.60 long, 0.50 anterior width, 0.48 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 16.26 (3.92, 4.94, 4.56, 2.80), II 14.33 (3.68, 4.20, 3.88, 2.54), III 13.62 (3.46, 3.96, 3.98, 2.20), IV 18.27 (3.02, 5.36, 6.00, 2.84). <i>Coloration</i> (Fig. 775). Carapace dark reddish brown. Chelicerae brown. Sternum orange-brown. Legs yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma sepia. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs forming broken reniform patches situated anteriorly; third to sixth pairs represented by four pairs of pale round patches, medially with three small irregular patches running longitudinally in between. <i>Palp</i> (Figs 805–808). Retrolateral margin of palpal tibia strongly elevated, terminally pointed. RTA broad at base, gradually tapered towards bluntly pointed apex. TA rostrated, apical ridge thin, curving backwards; apicoprolateral flange broad, triangular; baso-retrolateral tooth pointed anteriad, in ventral view blunt. Embolic base aligned in transverse direction; anterior membranous area narrowed, irregular shaped. Embolus linear, broader at base, branching subterminally, lateral ramus short, triangular; mesal ramus lanceolate, longer than lateral one. <b>Female</b> (paratype). Total length 6.65; prosoma 4.08 long, 2.58 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.22, PME 0.18, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.11, AME–ALE 0.32, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.46; MOQ: 0.62 long, 0.52 anterior width, 0.46 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 16.69 (4.02, 5.08, 4.69, 2.86), II 14.72 (3.78, 4.32, 4.00, 2.60), III 13.98 (3.56, 4.06, 4.08, 2.26), IV 18.74 (4.12, 5.50, 6.18, 2.92). <i>Coloration</i> (Fig. 776). Carapace dark brown. Chelicerae brown. Sternum orange-brown. Legs yellowish, except for coxae yellowish white. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs forming reniform patches situated anteriorly; third to sixth pairs represented by four pairs of pale round patches obliquely arranged, medially with three small irregular patches running longitudinally in between. <i>Genitalia</i> (Figs 786–789, 809–813). Epigynal plate excavated medially on both anterior and posterior margins, provided with small semi-circular scapus. Spermathecae heavily sclerotized, distal part cylindrical in anterior view. <b>Natural history.</b> <i>Mallinella scapigera</i> sp. nov. inhabits semi-evergreen lowland rainforests. <b>Distribution.</b> Southern Thailand.
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 175-177, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5252563