Mallinella shimojanai ( Ono & Tanikawa, 1990 )

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 : 171

Mallinella shimojanai ( Ono & Tanikawa, 1990)

( Figs 760–764 )

Langbiana shimojanai Ono & Tanikawa, 1990: 110 , figs 20–26, description of ♀

Remarks. Males are distinguished from those of the closely related M. calilungae by the presence of an apico-retrolateral fold on the TA of the palp, in combination with the lanceolate lateral ramus of the embolus. The epigynal plates of females are very similar.

Distribution. Ryukyu Islands, Japan.

Figures

FIGURES 757–764. 757–759. Mallinella calilungae, male from Luzon (AMNH). 760–761. M. shimojanai, male. 763–764. M. shimojanai, female. 757, 760. Male palp, ventral. 758. TA, retrolateral. 761. Ditto, ventral. 759, 762. Embolus, ventral. 763. Epigyne. 764. Internal genitalia, dorsal. Illustrations (760–761) courtesy of Dr. H. Ono.