Mallinella denticulata, Dankittipakul & Jocqué & Singtripop, 2012

Dankittipakul, Pakawin, Jocqué, Rudy & 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, Zootaxa 3369 (1), pp. 1-327 : 191

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254273
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B99B-FF23-CBC2-FF22FDC53D82
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella denticulata
status	sp. nov.

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Mallinella denticulata View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 839 View FIGURES 836–843. 836 , 854–855 View FIGURES 850–855. 850–851 , 865 View FIGURES 856–865. 856 , 874–882 View FIGURES 874–882. 874–876 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, MALAYSIA, Pahang State: Fraser’s Hill , northeastern side, 1200 m (3°44’N, 101°46’E), 25 August 2004, leg. A. Schulz ( MHNG, AS–04/08) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: 1♀, same data as holotype ( MHNG, AS–04/08); MALAYSIA, Pahang State GoogleMaps : 2♀, Genting Highland, August 1979, ( JFMC, coll. 15324, PM OS–2) ; 1♀, Cameron Highlands, Gunung Jasar trail 11, 1,550 m (tamisage), 24 March 1993, leg. I. Löbl & F. Calame ( MHNG, WM93–18 View Materials b) .

Diagnosis. Males of M. denticulata sp. nov. are recognized by the large basal tooth on the TA, and by the subterminal flange on the grooved embolus ( Fig. 874 View FIGURES 874–882. 874–876 ). Females are distinguished by the spermathecae which are not evidently separated as in other species of the tricuspida -group ( Fig. 880 View FIGURES 874–882. 874–876 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet (denticulatus) refers to the presence of a large basal tooth on the TA of male palp.

Description. Male (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).

Coloration. 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.

Palp ( Figs 854–855 View FIGURES 850–855. 850–851 , 874–876 View FIGURES 874–882. 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.

Female (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).

Coloration ( Fig. 839 View FIGURES 836–843. 836 ). 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.

Genitalia ( Figs 865 View FIGURES 856–865. 856 , 877–882 View FIGURES 874–882. 874–876 ). Epigynal plate semi-circular. Spermathecae compact, slightly divided at half their length.

Natural history. Known from evergreen forests at relatively high altitude.

Distribution. Malay Peninsula.