Mallinella calicoanensis, 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 : 69-70

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254140
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B961-FFD8-CBC2-FA13FD1E3F94
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella calicoanensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Mallinella calicoanensis View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 234 View FIGURES 227–234. 227 , 238 View FIGURES 235–242. 235 , 286–289 View FIGURES 286–289. 286–289 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, PHILIPPINES, Eastern Samar Province: Calicoan Island, Philippines Islands , leg. F.F. Bibby, 5 May 1945 ( AMNH).

Diagnosis. Mallinella calicoanensis sp. nov. can be easily separated from all other members of the hilaris - group by the shape of the epigynal plate ( Fig. 234 View FIGURES 227–234. 227 ) and by the elongated spermathecae ( Fig. 238 View FIGURES 235–242. 235 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet is established in accordance to the type locality, an adjective of Calicoan.

Description. Female (holotype). Total length 10.24; prosoma 4.86 long, 3.20 wide. AME 0.22, ALE 0.20, PME 0.20, PLE 0.20, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.18, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.32; MOQ: 0.42 long, 0.40 anterior width, 0.38 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 10.62 (3.07, 3.20, 2.68, 1.64), II 11.17 (3.02, 3.52, 2.68, 1.94), III 10.67 (3.09, 3.40, 2.50, 1.66), IV 11.44 (3.20, 3.30, 3.07, 1.86).

Coloration. Carapace dark brown. Sternum orange-brown. Chelicerae brown. Legs yellowish brown. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown, without pattern. Carapace brown, slightly darker anteriorly. Sternum and chelicerae brown. Legs pale yellowish. Opisthosoma dark brown. Dorsal pattern indistinct.

Genitalia ( Figs 234 View FIGURES 227–234. 227 , 238 View FIGURES 235–242. 235 , 286–289 View FIGURES 286–289. 286–289 ). Epigynal plate rectangular, with median ridge and elevated lateral lobes; anterior median incision broad, posterior margin straight. Insemination ducts elongated. Proximal part of spermathecae cylindrical, distal part conical.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.