Heliconilla irrorata ( Thorell, 1887 ) 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 : 295

Heliconilla irrorata ( Thorell, 1887) comb. nov.

(Figs 1322–1329, 1330–1334)

Storena irrorata Thorell, 1887: 72 , description of juvenile. Thorell, 1895: 27, description of ♀

Mallinella irrorata, Ono, 1983: 215 . Ono, 2004: 3. Dankittipakul & Schwendinger, 2009: 387, fig. 12

Material examined. Holotype: juvenile, BURMA, Rangoon, leg. L. Fea ( MSNG, examined) . Other material examined. BURMA, Palon: 1♂, 2 juveniles, leg. L. Fea ( ZMUC, examined). Rangoon : 3♂, 2♀, leg. E. Oates ( NHRS, 244a, examined). 1 penultimate male , 1 juvenile, leg. L. Fea ( BMNH, examined) . 1♂, 9♀, 3 juveniles, leg. E. Oates ( NHRS, 244b, examined) . Prome: 1♀, 3 juveniles, December 1886, leg. L. Fea ( MSNG, examined) .

Remarks. Thorell (1887) described Storena irrorata on the basis of a juvenile (female?) spider collected at Rangoon (Figs 1323–1325). In a subsequent publication (1895), he described male and female collected by E. Oates, also from Rangoon, for the first time (Figs 1326–1334). Although the juvenile holotype is quite similar to the subsequently described adults, an appropriate identification cannot be made on this basis. So far only one other Heliconilla species is described from Burma ( H. mesopetala sp. nov.); it can be distinguished from H. irrorata comb. nov. by the petal-shaped embolus in males and by the shape of the spermathecae in females. We assume that the male and female specimens subsequently described by Thorell (1895) belong to H. irrorata comb. nov.

Diagnosis. Males of H. irrorata comb. nov. can be distinguished by a transparent inner ridge and a concave accessory process on the embolus (Figs 1322, 1330, 1334). Females can be easily recognized by a clear division between the proximal part and the distal part of the spermathecae (Figs 1328–1329).

Distribution. Burma (Rangoon and Palon).