Mallinella angustata, 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 : 172-174

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B98E-FF30-CBC2-F9AEFBE738FC
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella angustata
status	sp. nov.

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Mallinella angustata View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 717 View FIGURES 712–718. 712 , 735 View FIGURES 732–738. 732 , 769–772 View FIGURES 765–772. 765–768 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, MALAYSIA, Borneo, Sabah State: West Coast Residency, Kinabalu NP, Mt. Kinabalu , 1,550–1,650 m, Silau–Silau Trail, forêt de Lithocarpus castanopsis , tamisage de bois pourri et de feuilles mortes dans un ravin humide, 24 April 1987, leg. D. Burckhardt & I. Löbl ( MHNG, 2a) . Paratypes: MALAYSIA, Borneo, Sabah State: 3♀, 1 penultimate male Mt. Kinabalu, Liwagu Trail , 1,500 m, section 2, forêt de Lithocarpus , tamisage de debris vegetaux sur une pente partiellement debroussaillée, 21 May 1987, leg. D. Burckhardt et I. Löbl ( MHNG, 34a) .

Diagnosis. Females can be distinguished by the elongated spermathecae which are abruptly bending downward ( Fig. 771 View FIGURES 765–772. 765–768 ). The somatic appearance resembles M. longipoda sp. nov.

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin verb angustare (= to make narrow, straighten) and refers to the elongated spermathecae.

Description. Female (holotype). Total length 5.08; prosoma 3.12 long, 2.00 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.14, ALE 0.12, PME 0.12, PLE 0.12, AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.12, PME–PME 0.11, PME–PLE 0.22; MOQ: 0.38 long, 0.34 anterior width, 0.32 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 13.26 (3.09, 3.90, 3.80, 2.46), II 11.75 (2.88, 3.30, 3.24, 2.30), III 11.26 (2.72, 3.12, 3.10, 2.22), IV 15.30 (3.16, 4.22, 5.20, 2.64).

Coloration ( Fig. 717 View FIGURES 712–718. 712 ). Carapace orange-brown. Sternum orange. Chelicerae brown. Legs yellowish brown, except for coxae and patellae pale yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark sepia. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs represented by small pale oval spots, obliquely arranged; third and fourth pair by oval spots; fourth pair almost connected medially.

Genitalia ( Figs 735 View FIGURES 732–738. 732 , 769–772 View FIGURES 765–772. 765–768 ). Epigynal plate narrowed V-shaped. Lateral borders triangular, directed inwards. Spermathecae abruptly bending downward at half its length.

Male. Unknown.

Natural history. Mallinella angustata sp. nov. inhabits the forest floor at high-altitude (1,500–1,650 m asl). Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Mt Kinabalu , on Borneo