Mallinella uncinata ( 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 uncinata ( Ono, 1983)

(Figs 1190, 1265–1267)

Storena uncinata Ono, 1983 a: 214 , figs 5–8, description of ♂

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, NEPAL, Kaski District: 8 August 1980, leg. J. Martens & Ausobsky ( SMF 31540, examined). Original label: / Storena uncinata ONO ; 1♂ Holotypus; Nepal, Kaski Distr. ; MARTENS & AUSOBSKY leg. 8.V.80; ONO det. 1982 /.

Remarks. Somatic and palpal characters suggest that M. uncinata belongs to the fronto -group, specifically in the presence of a tooth-like baso-prolateral modification and an apico-retrolateral ridge on the bifid TA of the male palp. Mallinella uncinata can be recognized by the slightly elevated apico-retrolateral ridge, and by the presence of a baso-prolateral ridge instead of a large tooth as in its congeners.

Redescription. Male (holotype): See Ono (1983 a: 214) for measurements.

Coloration (Fig. 1190). Carapace orange-brown. Sternum brown. Legs yellowish, except for coxae and trochanters whitish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark sepia, mottled with numerous pale spots. Dorsal pattern: first pair represented by pale round spots; second to fifth pairs by broad disconnected transverse bands.

Palp (Figs 1265–1267). RTA digitiform, apically rounded. TA with bifid apical process, both branches relatively short; apico-retrolateral ridge slightly elevated; baso-prolateral tooth replaced by broad, apically rounded ridge; baso-retrolateral ridge almost indistinct, occupying approximately 1/3 of TA length. Embolus bifid, subterminally divided: mesal ramus longer than lateral one, embolic extremities sharply pointed.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Nepal.