Mallinella irrorata ( Thorell, 1887 )

Dankittipakul, Pakawin, Tavano, Maria & Singtripop, Tippawan, 2011, Notes on Burmese spiders formerly attributed to the genus Storena (Zodariidae, Araneae), Zootaxa 3048, pp. 53-61 : 59

Mallinella irrorata ( Thorell, 1887)

Storena irrorata Thorell. Thorell, 1887: 72 , description of juvenile; Thorell, 1895; 27, descriptions of male and female; Ono, 1983; fig. 9, illustration of male tegular apophysis

Mallinella irrorata (Thorell) . Ono, 2003: 134; Dankittipakul & Schwendinger, 2009: 387, fig. 12

Material examined. Holotype: juvenile, BURMA, Rangoon: leg. L. Fea. 1885–1889 ( MSNG, examined). Other material examined. BURMA, Palon: 1♂, 2 juveniles, leg. L. Fea, 1885–1889 ( MSCN). Prome: 1Ƥ, 3 juveniles, leg. L. Fea, XII 1886, ( MSNG). Rangoon: 1 penultimate male, 1 juvenile, leg. L. Fea, 1885–1889 ( MSNG); 1♂, 9Ƥ, 3 juveniles, leg. E. Oates, no date, ( NHML); 3♂, 6Ƥ, 1 juvenile, leg. E. Oates, no date ( NHRS). BURMA, Taninthayi Division: Taninthayi Kyun [= Ko Song], 1♂, 2Ƥ, (9º56'N 98º32'E), 60 m, old secondary forest, 4 July 2007, leg. P.J. Schwendinger MHNG (TH–07/04).

Taxonomic remarks. Storena irrorata belongs to an undescribed genus of the subfamily Zodariinae and was described on the basis of an immature spider which was indicated by Thorell (1887) as a juvenile female. Males and conspecific females of S. irrorata were later described in his subsequent work ( Thorell 1895) based on the specimens collected in Tharrawaddy by Oates and deposited in the collection of NHML. Subsequently, non-type specimens were collected from the type locality (Rangoon) and nearby regions (Palon and Prome); these specimens are deposited in the collections of MSNG and NHRS. New material recently collected from Burma was known from a small island at a distance of approximately 150 km from the type locality ( MHNG), suggesting that M. irrorata is abundant in this region.

Distribution. Burma, the Irrawaddy delta (Prome, Palon, Rangoon) southwards to Thai-Burmese border at the Isthmus of Kra (Taninthayi Division).