Mallinella nilgherina ( Simon, 1906 ) 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 : 256-258

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B9DA-FE9C-CBC2-F917FCBF398C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella nilgherina ( Simon, 1906 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Mallinella nilgherina ( Simon, 1906) View in CoL comb. nov.

(Figs 1171–1172, 1175–1177)

Storena nilgherina Simon, 1906 c: 281 , description of ♂

Material examined. Syntype: ♂, INDIA, Coonor ( MNHN, AR 1563 About MNHN , examined). Original label was replaced by a new label made by a type writer (this new, typed label was produced at MNHN on the basis of Simon’s handwritten label, C. Rollard, pers. com.): / Storena nilgherina E.S., Coonor (Indie) .

Remarks. The male of M. nilgherina comb. nov. is easily recognized by the bifid apico-prolateral process on the TA of the male palp, by the sharply pointed baso-prolateral tooth, by the triangular apico-retrolateral fold directed mesad with a small tubercle next to the fold, and by the grooved embolus with lanceolate apex (Figs 1175–1177).

Redescription. Male (holotype). See Simon (1906 c) for measurements.

Coloration (Figs 1171–1172). Carapace reddish brown. Chelicerae yellowish brown. Sternum yellowish, lateral margins brown. Legs yellowish brown, distal part of femora slightly darker than the rest. Dorsum of opisthosoma sepia. Dorsal pattern: first pair represented by round spots; second pair by curved bands; third–fifth pairs transverse bands, connected medially.

Palp (Figs 1175–1177). RTA digitiform, broad at base, gradually tapered towards blunt apex. Cymbial fold approximately 1/3 of cymbial length. TA rostrated; apical process bifid, sharply pointed mesal branch slightly longer than lateral one; apico-retrolateral fold triangular, sharply pointed, directed mesad, with minute tubercle situated nearby; baso-prolateral tooth triangular, enlarged. Embolus broad, with longitudinal groove, branching at half its length, mesal ramus with lanceolate extremity, slightly longer than lateral ramus.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in India.