Mallinella mucocrina, 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 : 112

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254203
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B94A-FFF2-CBC2-FC61FBEE3F09
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella mucocrina
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Mallinella mucocrina View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 430–433 View FIGURES 424–433. 424, 426 , 439 View FIGURES 434–439. 434 , 443–444 View FIGURES 440–446. 440–442 , 478–480 View FIGURES 478–480. 478–480 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, SOLOMON ISLANDS, Choiseul Province: Sirovanga , 0–100 m, November 1972, leg. N.L.H. Krauss ( AMNH) . Paratypes: SOLOMON ISLANDS, Guadalcanal: 1♀, July 1945, leg. Frank Cilley ( AMNH). New Georgia: 1♀, Munda , 0–100 m, November 1976, leg. N.L.H Krauss ( AMNH) .

Diagnosis. Mallinella mucocrina sp. nov. is easily distinguished by the proximal part of the spermathecae slightly widened, by the presence of large gland pores and by their well-developed distal part with large internal ducts ( Figs 443–444 View FIGURES 440–446. 440–442 , 478–480 View FIGURES 478–480. 478–480 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a Latin adjective derived from a combination of Latin (mucus = slime) and Greek words (ĸplvω = to secrete).

Description. Female (holotype). Total length 6.72; prosoma 2.36 long, 2.28 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.26, ALE 0.16, PME 0.18, PLE 0.18, AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.16, PME–PME 0.10, PME–PLE 0.38; MOQ: 0.58 long, 0.52 anterior width, 0.44 posterior width.Leg measurements: I 9.24 (2.52, 3.36, 1.92, 1.42), II 7.87 (2.10, 2.86, 1.68, 1.26), III 6.68 (1.92, 1.88, 1.68, 1.18), IV 10.24 (2.68, 3.30, 2.76, 1.50).

Coloration ( Fig. 430 View FIGURES 424–433. 424, 426 ). Carapace truncated, orange-brown. Coxae yellowish; femora proximally yellowish brown; other segments pale brown. Opisthosoma sepia, background mottled with numerous minute pale spots; dorsum with three pair of pale oblong spots, first one largest (= third pair), followed by a short transverse band.

Genitalia ( Figs 439 View FIGURES 434–439. 434 , 443–444 View FIGURES 440–446. 440–442 , 478–480 View FIGURES 478–480. 478–480 ). Epigynal plate narrowed, anterior margin with shallow median incision. Spermathecae distally widened, abruptly bent posteriorly, distal part terminally blunt, internally with two coils; gland pores large, situated dorsolaterally.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality on the Solomon Islands.