Mallinella redimita ( Simon, 1905 ) 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 : 159-161

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B9BB-FF3D-CBC2-FAB3FD543917
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella redimita ( Simon, 1905 )
status	comb. nov.

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Mallinella redimita ( Simon, 1905) View in CoL comb. nov.

( Figs 690–693 View FIGURES 690–693. 690–693 , 694–709 View FIGURES 694–699. 694–699 View FIGURES 700–705. 700 View FIGURES 706–711. 706–707 )

Storena redimita Simon, 1905: 173 , description of ♀

Material examined. Syntypes: 3 ♀, INDIA, Pondicherry. Original label: / Storena redimita E.S., Pondicherry / ( MNHN, AR1561). Genji: 1 juvenile, examined, original label: / Storena redimita E.S., Genji (M.M)/ ( MNHN, AR 1555). New material. SRI LANKA, Makandura: 1♂, 1♀, pitfalls, IIE 22798, leg. J. & F. Murphy, 1994 ( FJMC, coll. 23675).

Taxonomic remarks. The male and female recently collected from Sri Lanka by J. & F. Murphy are significantly smaller than the syntypes collected in India. The insemination ducts of the female from Sri Lanka are somewhat more slender and the internal genitalia in general are less sclerotized. Unlike other females of Mallinella , this species has a membranous or weakly sclerotized epigynal plate ( Figs 694 View FIGURES 694–699. 694–699 , 702 View FIGURES 700–705. 700 ) .

Redescription. Female (syntype, MNHN). Total length 4.86; prosoma 3.00 long, 1.92 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.18, ALE 0.16, PME 0.16, PLE 0.16, AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.14, PME–PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.24; MOQ: 0.40 long, 0.34 anterior width, 0.38 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 12.68 (2.95, 3.72, 3.62, 2.36), II 11.92 (2.77, 3.16, 3.10, 2.89), III 10.77 (2.60, 2.98, 3.06, 2.12), IV 14.66 (3.02, 4.03, 5.04, 2.56).

Coloration ( Figs 690–692 View FIGURES 690–693. 690–693 ). Carapace brown, with dark brown marking of paired oval bands situated medially. Legs yellowish brown, except coxae yellowish. Opisthosoma dark sepia. Dorsal pattern: anteriorly with a pair of large pale patches, followed by several minute pale spots and posterior U-shaped band.

Genitalia ( Figs 694–699 View FIGURES 694–699. 694–699 , 708–709 View FIGURES 706–711. 706–707 ). Epigynal plate broad U-shaped, weakly sclerotized. Lateral borders retracted. Insemination ducts at least twice longer than terminally situated spermathecae. Insemination ducts elongated. Spermathecae short and truncated, slightly widened distally, curving backwards.

Male (here designated). Total length 4.56; prosoma 2.82 long, 1.85 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.18, ALE 0.16, PME 0.14, PLE 0.16, AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.16, PME–PME 0.12, PME–PLE 0.28; MOQ: 0.38 long, 0.34 anterior width, 0.36 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 11.93 (2.78, 3.50, 3.42, 2.22), II 11.22 (2.60, 3.00, 2.96, 2.72), III 10.14 (2.46, 2.80, 2.90, 2.00), IV 13.80 (2.84, 3.80, 4.70, 2.40).

Coloration ( Fig. 700 View FIGURES 700–705. 700 ). Carapace orange brown, paired brown patches situated in front of longitudinal fovea, lateral margin with irregular pigmentation. Chelicerae and sternum yellowish brown. Legs yellowish; femora distally with dark brown annulations. Opisthosoma with a paired of anterior patches, followed by irregular arrangement of pale spots.

Palp ( Figs 706–707 View FIGURES 706–711. 706–707 ). RTA flange-like in retrolateral view, broad at base, gradually tapered towards sharply pointed apex. Tegular spine minute. TA with sharply pointed apical ridge directed posteromesad; apico-retrolateral fold triangular, apex blunt, directed mesad; baso-prolateral ridge running longitudinally. Embolic base aligned in longitudinal direction; anterior membranous part broad, triangular. Embolus blade-like, broadest medially, subterminally divided, both rami slender, their tip sharply pointed.

Distribution. India, Sri Lanka (new record).