Mallinella erratica ( Ono, 1983 )

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 : 280

Mallinella erratica ( Ono, 1983)

(Fig. 1191)

Storena erratica Ono, 1983 a: 216 , figs 15–16, description of ♀

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, NEPAL, Ilam District: nörld. Ilam , 25 March 1980, leg. J. Martens & Ausobsky ( SMF 31542, examined). Original label: / Storena erratica ONO ; 1♀ Holotypus; Nepal, Ilam Distr., nörld. Ilam ; MARTENS & AUSOBSKY leg.; 25.III.1980; ONO det. 1982 /.

Remarks. Genitalia of the female holotype are missing and there is no other conspecific material available for examination (Dr. P. Jäger pers. comm.). Mallinella erratica belongs to the fronto -group on the basis of its somatic morphology. The epigyne of this species resembles that of M. raniformis sp. nov. in having a shallow anterior median incision on a broad epigynal plate. The internal genitalia are provided with subglobular spermathecae.

Redescription. Female (holotype): See Ono (1983 a: 217) for measurements.

Coloration (Fig. 1191). Carapace orange-brown. Sternum brown. Legs yellowish, except for coxae and trochanters whitish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark sepia. Dorsal pattern: first pair represented by pale round spots, obliquely arranged; second pair by disconnected transverse bands; third to fifth pairs by a series of broad transverse bands.

Genitalia. Missing.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Nepal.