Mallinella elongata, 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 : 67-69

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254128
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B967-FFD9-CBC2-F97EFDFB3934
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella elongata
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Mallinella elongata View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 214 View FIGURES 212–215. 212 , 278–281 View FIGURES 278–285. 278–281 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, MALAYSIA, Penang State: Penang Island, 1898, ex Siam Museum ( BMNH) . Paratypes: MALAYSIA, Perak State: 2♂, Chenderiang , 280–330 m, 22–31 January 1994, leg. P.J. Schwendinger ( MHNG, PM –17) .

Diagnosis. Males of M. elongata sp. nov. are easily recognized by the embolus which is elongate and terminally sharply pointed ( Fig. 278 View FIGURES 278–285. 278–281 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from Latin past participle (elongatus = prolonged) referring to the elongated apex of the embolus.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 8.04; prosoma 3.96 long, 3.24 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.22, ALE 0.18, PME 0.20, PLE 0.20, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.20, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.42; MOQ: 0.56 long, 0.50 anterior width, 0.48 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 10.92 (3.00, 3.36, 2.40, 2.16), II 10.56 (2.88, 3.24, 2.76, 1.68), III 10.68 (2.76, 3.36, 2.64, 1.92), IV 12.86 (3.00, 4.20, 3.96, 1.70).

Coloration ( Fig. 214 View FIGURES 212–215. 212 ). Carapace orange-brown. Sternum and chelicerae reddish brown. Legs yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma sepia. Dorsal pattern: first and second pair represented by pale round spots; third pair by disconnected median bands; fourth and fifth pairs by narrow transverse bands.

Palp ( Figs 278–281 View FIGURES 278–285. 278–281 ). Retrolateral margin of palpal tibia elevated, subtriangular, apex blunt. RTA digitiform, tapered towards bluntly pointed apex. TA with elongated apico-prolateral process; meso-retrolateral fold triangular, broad basally, terminally sharply pointed, directed mesad; basal ridge directed anteriad. Tegular spine minute, terminally pointed. Embolic base originating at 270°, anterior margin slightly excavated medially. Embolus broad, apical flange elongated and sharply pointed.

Female. Unknown.

Natural history. Mallinella elongata sp. nov. inhabits evergreen rainforest.

Distribution. West Malaysia.