Mallinella cuspidata, 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 : 119-121

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B953-FFE5-CBC2-F89EFDD73B57
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella cuspidata
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Mallinella cuspidata View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 486–487 View FIGURES 484–487. 484 , 492 View FIGURES 488–492. 488 , 497–498 View FIGURES 493–498. 493–494 , 529–534 View FIGURES 529–534. 529–531 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, INDONESIA, Sumatra, North Sumatra Province: hill forest 1.5 km southeast of Kampus Kehutanan Aeknauli, near road Prapat – Pematangsiantar, 13km from Prapat , 2°42’38’’N, 98°56’16’’E, 1,150 m, 30 June – 2 July 2006, leg. P. Schwendinger ( MHNG, Sum–06/30) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: INDONE-

SIA, Sumatra, North Sumatra Province: 1♀, Sipirok, Dolok Sipirok NP, near hot springs, ca. 30 km north of Padang Sidempuan (01°33'55"S, 99°17'03"E), 1,000 m, disturbed hill forest, 16 June 2006, leg. P.J. Schwendinger ( MHNG, Sum–06/22) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Males of this new species can be easily distinguished from other members of the sciophana -group by the absence of a basal process on the TA ( Fig. 529 View FIGURES 529–534. 529–531 ) and by the subterminal process further divided into three projections ( Figs 530–531 View FIGURES 529–534. 529–531 ). Females can be recognized by the compact spermathecae with several coils ducts ( Figs 498 View FIGURES 493–498. 493–494 , 532–534 View FIGURES 529–534. 529–531 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet ( cuspidata , – us, – um = with stiff point) refers to the sharply pointed processes on the TA of the male palp.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 5.37; prosoma 3.41 long, 2.44 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.18, ALE 0.12, PME 0.12, PLE 0.12, AME–AME 0.07, AME–ALE 0.18, PME–PME 0.12, PME–PLE 0.28; MOQ: 0.46 long, 0.36 anterior width, 0.34 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 13.69 (3.23, 4.32, 3.82, 2.32), II 11.48 (2.88, 3.56, 3.20, 1.86), III 11.04 (2.89, 3.41, 3.11, 1.62), IV 13.86 (3.48, 3.24, 4.42, 2.78).

Coloration ( Fig. 486 View FIGURES 484–487. 484 ). Carapace uniform reddish brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Sternum dark reddish brown. Coxae yellowish; femora distally light brown; other leg segments yellowish brown. Opisthosoma sepia, posteriorly with white anal patch.

Palp ( Figs 529–531 View FIGURES 529–534. 529–531 ). RTA digitiform, slightly widened at base, gradually tapered towards blunt apex. Cymbium with broad cymbial fold, almost reaching apex. TA without basal process; anterior margin of subterminal process divided into three smaller projections; terminal process elongated and slender, apex flattened. Embolic base roughly triangular; membranous area situated prolaterally, well-developed. Embolus filiform, gradually tapered towards pointed apex.

Female (paratype). Total length 5.04; prosoma 3.20 long, 2.28 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.16, ALE 0.11, PME 0.11, PLE 0.11, AME–AME 0.07, AME–ALE 0.18, PME–PME 0.12, PME–PLE 0.24; MOQ: 0.46 long, 0.38 anterior width, 0.34 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 12.85 (3.03, 4.06, 3.58, 2.18), II 10.78 (2.69, 3.34, 3.00, 1.78), III 10.15 (2.65, 3.14, 2.86, 1.48), IV 13.02 (3.26, 3.04, 4.16, 2.56).

Coloration ( Fig. 487 View FIGURES 484–487. 484 ). Carapace uniform reddish brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Sternum dark reddish brown. Coxae yellowish; femora distally pale brown; other leg segments yellowish brown. Opisthosoma sepia, mottled with numerous pale round spots, posteriorly with white anal patch.

Genitalia ( Figs 497–498 View FIGURES 493–498. 493–494 , 532–534 View FIGURES 529–534. 529–531 ). Epigynal plate W-shaped, with rebordered posterior margin, median hump slightly elevated. Lateral borders retracted. Spermathecae more or less cylindrical, slightly enlarged apically, with several internal coils.

Natural history. This is a high altitude species occurring in primary evergreen forests at 1,000–1,150 m.

Distribution. Northern Sumatra.