Mallinella innovata, 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 : 82-83

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254156
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B974-FFCF-CBC2-FB53FB6839C4
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella innovata
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Mallinella innovata View in CoL sp. nov.

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Material examined. Holotype: ♂, THAILAND , Nan Province: Nanthaburi NP, Doi Wao evergreen hill forest at 1,280 m, 22 May 2002, leg. P. Dankittipakul ( MHNG, TH5 View Materials ) . Paratypes: 3♂, data as the holotype ( MHNG, TNHM) .

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to M. filicata sp. nov. in general features of palpal organ but in that species the tegular spine is larger and the embolic base is reniform. Males can be easily recognized by the enlarged, semi-circular tegulum armed with a sharply pointed tegular spine ( Fig. 354 View FIGURES 354–356. 354–356 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a latinized adjective of the Latin verb (innovare = to renew, restore), emphasizing the re-discovery of the decorata -group in another part of the Indo-Burma subregion after the first species had been described more than a century ago.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 8.80; prosoma 4.18 long, 2.75 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.08, PME 0.08, PLE 0.08, AME–AME 0.07, AME–ALE 0.12, PME–PME 0.08, PME–PLE 0.24; MOQ: 0.32 long, 0.36 anterior width, 0.26 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 9.13 (2.64, 2.75, 2.31, 1.43), II 9.17 (2.66, 2.92, 2.16, 1.42), III 9.60 (2.60, 2.02, 2.32, 1.68), IV 9.84 (2.76, 2.83, 2.64, 1.60).

Coloration ( Fig. 312 View FIGURES 310–313. 310 ). Carapace uniform dark reddish brown, integument moderately granulated. Coxae white; anterior legs yellowish white; posterior ones orange-brown. Opisthosoma sepia. Dorsal pattern: first pair represented by two irregular spots medially fused; second pair by two transverse bands anteriorly connected via narrow stripe; third and fourth pairs by medially disconnected bands; from fifth pair onwards by a series of narrow transverse bands fusing with additional pair of pale spots. Dorsal scutum coriaceous, yellowish brown, elongated and narrowed, extending to half opisthosomal length.

Palp ( Figs 354–356 View FIGURES 354–356. 354–356 ). RTA strongly excavated baso-prolaterally, gradually tapered anteriorly to form blunt apex. Cymbial fold broad, reaching approximately 3/4 length of cymbium. TA with bifid apical process; apico-prolateral fold subtriangular, represented by elevated ridge in ventral view; baso-prolateral fold strongly pronounced, sharply pointed in prolateral view. Tegulum distinctly enlarged. Tegular spine minute, apex sharply pointed. Embolic base subtriangular, anterior margin strongly excavated medially; membranous area narrowed, situated prolaterally. Embolus filiform, elongated, originating at 90°.

Female. Unknown.

Natural history. Mallinella innovata sp. nov. inhabits evergreen hill forests.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Nan Province, northern Thailand.