Mallinella allantoides, 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 : 174

The allantoides -group

The allantoides -group is a monophyletic clade with a sister relation to the tricuspida -group (node 16). It is united by two homoplasious characters: the sternum is as wide as or slightly wider than long (Ch. 26, state 1); the sausageshaped spermathecae are apically blunt (Ch. 94, state 3).

Representatives of the allantoides -group are common, rather large-sized Mallinella species in rainforests of southern Thailand and Malaysia. They can be recognized by the dorsal pattern provided with a pair of anterior reniform pale patches, followed by three to four pairs of oval patches, in combination with a series of short transverse bands running longitudinally in between these patches. The posterior ventral spines are elongate and distally pointed.

Species account. Eight species: Mallinella allantoides sp. nov., M. angulosa sp. nov., M. brachyrhyncha sp. nov., M. brunneofusca sp. nov., M. gombakensis Ono & Hashim 2008 , M. oscari sp. nov., M. scapigera sp. nov., M. spiralis sp. nov.

Distribution. Thailand and the Malay Peninsula.