Mallinella brachytheca, 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 : 158-159

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254243
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933EDA4C-B9B8-FF03-CBC2-FE39FD1E3AE4
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallinella brachytheca
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Mallinella brachytheca View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 615 View FIGURES 615–624. 615 , 626 View FIGURES 625–633. 625 , 686–689 View FIGURES 686–689. 686, 688–689 )

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, MALAYSIA, Borneo , Mt. Kinabalu NP, Poring hot spring, 10 May 1987, leg. D. Burckhardt & I. Löbl ( MHNG, 9a).

Diagnosis. Females are easily recognized by the trapezoidal epigynal plate protruding over epigastric furrow ( Fig. 615 View FIGURES 615–624. 615 ) and by the peculiar shape of the spermathecae ( Fig. 626 View FIGURES 625–633. 625 ). This new species is smallest among members of the fasciata -group.

Etymology. The specific epithet is from the Greek: βpαχDς (= short) and θƞƞ (= container, box).

Description. Female (holotype). Total length 6.05; prosoma 3.72 long, 2.35 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.28, ALE 0.20, PME 0.20, PLE 0.20, AME–AME 0.10, AME–ALE 0.18, PME–PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.36; MOQ: 0.56 long, 0.54 anterior width, 0.52 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 15.23 (3.68, 4.63, 4.28, 2.62), II 14.50 (3.46, 3.92, 3.65, 3.45), III 12.76 (3.25, 3.71, 3.73, 2.06), IV 17.12 (3.76, 5.04, 5.64, 2.66).

Coloration. Carapace yellowish brown, lateral margin dark brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Sternum yellowish brown. Legs yellowish brown, except for coxae yellowish. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark sepia. Dorsum lacking distinct pattern.

Genitalia ( Figs 615 View FIGURES 615–624. 615 , 626 View FIGURES 625–633. 625 , 686–689 View FIGURES 686–689. 686, 688–689 ). Epigynal plate trapezoid, distinctly widened anteriorly, with straight posterior margin, anterior median incision shallow. Internal genitalia with distinctly short and stout spermathecae, apical part pointed.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.