Mallinella vulparia, 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 : 108-109

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254182
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B94E-FFF1-CBC2-FC1AFB4439FF
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella vulparia
status	sp. nov.

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Mallinella vulparia View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 424, 426 View FIGURES 424–433. 424, 426 , 434 View FIGURES 434–439. 434 , 462–467 View FIGURES 462–467. 462–464 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, INDONESIA, Papua Province: Jayapura, capital city of Irian Jaya on the island of New Guinea, April , 1945, leg. B. Malkin ( AMNH). Original label: /Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, April, 1945, leg. B. Malkin ( AMNH) /. Paratypes: 2♂, 2♀, same data as holotype ( AMNH) . INDONESIA, Papua Province: 1♀, June 1945 ( AMNH) ; 1♂, 1♀, May, 1945 ( AMNH) ; 2♀, 7–17 January 1945. All leg. Borys Malkin.

Diagnosis. Mallinella vulparia sp. nov. is easily distinguished from all other members of the zebra -group by the elongated and filiform lateral ramus of the embolus; its mesal ramus being shorter, terminally blunt, with a transparent spot ( Fig. 462 View FIGURES 462–467. 462–464 ). The TA is provided with an additional tooth situated prolaterally of a triangular apicoretrolateral fold. The female shares with that of M. vulpina sp. nov. abruptly bent spermathecae but in that species the apical part is more elongate and provided with more coils ( Fig. 465 View FIGURES 462–467. 462–464 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet ‘ vulparia ’ is a Latin adjective derived from vulpes (Latin noun for fox) indicating a close resemblance between the TA on the male palp and an ancient Egyptian mask of Anubis.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 7.00; prosoma 3.50 long, 2.54 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.26, ALE 0.17, PME 0.18, PLE 0.18, AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.16, PME–PME 0.12, PME–PLE 0.38; MOQ: 0.58 long, 0.50 anterior width, 0.48 posterior width.Leg measurements: I 9.62 (2.62, 3.50, 2.00, 1.46), II 8.82 (2.18, 2.96, 1.76, 1.32), III 6.96 (2.00, 1.98, 1.75, 1.24), IV 10.67 (2.80, 3.34, 2.96, 1.56).

Coloration ( Fig. 424 View FIGURES 424–433. 424, 426 ). Carapace orange-brown, integument finely punctated. Anterior legs yellowish; femora distally yellowish green; posterior legs yellowish brown. Opisthosoma sepia, background mottled with numerous minute pale spots. Dorsum with two pairs of medially disconnected bands (= third and fourth pairs; first and second pairs completely absent), followed by three transverse chevrons (= fifth to seventh pairs). Dorsal scutum orange, coriaceous, broader in front than behind, extending approximately 1/3 length of opisthosoma.

Palp ( Figs 462–464 View FIGURES 462–467. 462–464 ). RTA short and stout, gradually tapered towards bluntly pointed apex, laterally bent in ventral view. Cymbial fold relatively narrowed, less than half length of cymbium. TA terminally with bifid apical process, divergent branches of more or less the same length; small, triangular prolateral tooth situated next to larger apico-retrolateral fold; triangular basal tooth sharply pointed. Tegular spine absent. Embolic base arranged in transverse direction, provided with broad prolateral membranous area, margins with deep anterior and posterior concavities. Embolus originating at 90°, branching at half its length; mesal ramus digitiform, distally blunt, with semitransparent area; lateral ramus filiform, distinctly longer.

Female (paratype). Total length 6.57; prosoma 3.28 long, 2.14 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.24, ALE 0.15, PME 0.17, PLE 0.17, AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.16, PME–PME 0.12, PME–PLE 0.36; MOQ: 0.58 long, 0.50 anterior width, 0.46 posterior width.Leg measurements: I 9.04 (2.40, 2.88, 1.88, 1.40), II 7.78 (2.06, 2.80, 1.64, 1.24), III 6.54 (1.89, 1.86, 1.64, 1.16), IV 10.02 (2.64, 3.12, 2.80, 1.48).

Coloration. As in male but carapace less pointed; dorsum of opisthosoma with two pairs of oblong spots (= third and fourth pairs), followed by a series of chevrons.

Genitalia ( Figs 434 View FIGURES 434–439. 434 , 465–467 View FIGURES 462–467. 462–464 ). Epigynal plate represented by transverse band, anterior margin broader than posterior one. Lateral borders sharply pointed. Spermathecae very long, bent posteriorly, sigmoid in anterior view, apical part more or less cylindrical in lateral view, with 5 internal coils; gland pores situated mid-dorsally.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality on New Guinea ( Indonesia, Irian Jaya).