Mallinella belladonna, 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 : 69

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254134
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B961-FFD9-CBC2-FE21FD463D59
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella belladonna
status	sp. nov.

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Mallinella belladonna View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 227 View FIGURES 227–234. 227 , 235 View FIGURES 235–242. 235 , 282–285 View FIGURES 278–285. 278–281 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, INDONESIA, Sumatra, West Sumatra Province: Rimba Panti Nature Reserve, ca. 30 km north of Lubuksikaping (00°20'46"S, 100°04'09"E), 300–400 m, primary forest, 11–13 June 2006, leg. P.J. Schwendinger ( MHNG, Sum–06/18) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: 2♀, INDONESIA, Sumatra, West Sumatra Province: primary forest at bottom of Harau Canyon near Echo Point, north of Payakumbuh (00°06'21"S, 100°39'50"E), 500 m, 8 June 2006, leg. P.J. Schwendinger ( MHNG, Sum–06/13) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Mallinella belladonna sp. nov. closely resembles that of M. bidenticulata sp. nov. but can be distinguished from the latter by the larger anterior part of the spermathecae provided with modified swelling ( Figs 235 View FIGURES 235–242. 235 cf. 236).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a combination of the words (bellus = beautiful; donna = lady) and refers to the beautiful shape of the spermathecae.

Description. Female (holotype). Total length 10.4; prosoma 4.94 long, 3.25 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.20, ALE 0.18, PME 0.20, PLE 0.18, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.18, PME–PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.38; MOQ: 0.40 long, 0.42 anterior width, 0.40 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 10.79 (3.12, 3.25, 2.73, 1.69), II 11.34 (3.06, 3.57, 2.73, 1.97), III 10.84 (3.14, 3.45, 2.54, 1.69), IV 11.62 (3.25, 3.35, 3.12, 1.89).

Coloration. Carapace dark reddish brown. Sternum and chelicerae brown. Coxae yellowish, other leg segments orange-brown. Dorsum of opisthosoma sepia, pattern indistinct due to deterioration.

Genitalia ( Figs 227 View FIGURES 227–234. 227 , 235 View FIGURES 235–242. 235 , 282–285 View FIGURES 278–285. 278–281 ). Epigynal plate with strongly pronounced lateral lobes, anterior median incision very deep, almost touching posterior margin. Spermathecae well-developed, proximal part more or less cylindrical, distal part distinctly widened, provided with modified swelling on anterolateral side.

Male. Unknown.

Natural history. Mallinella belladonna sp. nov. inhabits primary evergreen rainforests at about 300–500 m asl.

Distribution. Western Sumatra, Indonesia.