Mallinella cryptomembrana, 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 : 114

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254207
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B954-FFEC-CBC2-FF22FBDF3B75
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella cryptomembrana
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Mallinella cryptomembrana View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 440–442 View FIGURES 440–446. 440–442 , 471–473 View FIGURES 468–473. 468–470 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, INDONESIA, Irian Jaya, Manokwari Province: Wandammen Bay, Wondiwoi Mts. , Wasior , 300–900 m, 3 January 2001, leg. A. Riedel ( MHNG).

Diagnosis. Mallinella cryptomembrana sp. nov. is easily recognized by the secretory gland pores which are located posteriorly, and by the poorly developed apical part of the spermathecae ( Figs 440–442 View FIGURES 440–446. 440–442 ). The female resembles that of M. vulpina sp. nov. in possessing a similar epigynal plate.

Etymology. The specific epithet is a combination of Greek words: kryptos = hidden and ĸplvω = to secrete.

Description. Female (holotype). Total length 6.54; prosoma 3.28 long, 2.30 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances AME 0.24, ALE 0.16, PME 0.17, PLE 0.18, AME–AME 0.10, AME–ALE 0.16, PME–PME 0.12, PME–PLE 0.38; MOQ: 0.58 long, 0.52 anterior width, 0.44 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 90.2 (2.46, 3.28, 1.88, 1.40), II 7.70 (2.06, 2.78, 1.64, 1.22), III 6.52 (1.88, 1.84, 1.64, 1.16), IV 10.00 (2.62, 3.12, 2.78, 1.74).

Coloration. Carapace truncated, chestnut-brown. Legs bi-colored: coxae yellowish; other segments brown, patellae and metatarsi distally yellowish brown. Opisthosoma sepia; dorsum with two pairs of minute pale oblong spots (= first and second pairs).

Genitalia ( Figs 440–442 View FIGURES 440–446. 440–442 , 471–473 View FIGURES 468–473. 468–470 ). Epigynal plate V-shaped, with deep anterior median incision. Lateral borders large, truncated, apically blunt. Insemination ducts as long as proximal part of spermathecae. Distal part of spermathecae bent posteriorly, with gland pores situated underneath.

Male. Unknown.

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