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| Mallinella shahu Liu, in Jiang, Yao, Xiao et Liu, 2023. |
Abstract
Background: Only one zodariid species, Storenomorpha lushanensis Yu & Chen, 2009 was found from Jiangxi Province. No other Mallinella species have been recorded from this Province.
New information: A new species, Mallinella shahu sp. n. is described from Jiangxi Province, China. Morphological illustrations, living photos and distribution map are given.
Keywords: Jiangxi Province, spider, taxonomy, zodariid species
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| Mallinella shahu sp. n., living specimen. A & B male; C & D female. |
Mallinella shahu Liu sp. nov.
Diagnosis: The male of this new species is similar to that of Mallinella pseudokunmingensis Yu & Zhang, 2019 (Yu and Zhang (2019): 4, figs. 1, 4, 6−18) in having a strong digitiform retrolateral tibial apophysis and the flattened embolus, but can be distinguished from it by the abdomen with four pairs of small yellowish marks (vs. four pairs of large yellowish marks) (cf. Fig. 1A; Yu and Zhang (2019): 4, fig. 1), the conductor with the blunt apex (vs. spine-like) (cf. Fig. 3A; Yu and Zhang 2019: 4, fig. 6), the thick median apophysis covering less than half of tegulum (vs. thin, more than or nearly half of tegulum) (cf. Fig. 3A−C; Yu and Zhang (2019) 2019: 4, fig. 7). The female of the new species resembles M. pseudokunmingensis (Yu and Zhang (2019): 4, figs. 2, 3, 5, 6, 19−23) in having the lateral border forming a heart-shaped structure and the oval spermathecae, but it can be easily distinguished by the anterior three pairs of separated small marks (vs. touching large marks) (cf. Fig. 2A; Yu and Zhang (2019): 4, fig. 2) and the W-shaped epigynal plate (vs. V-shaped) (cf. Fig. 3E; Yu and Zhang (2019): 4, figs. 19, 20) and the erect insemination duct (vs. slanting) (cf. Fig. 3G; Yu and Zhang (2019): 4, fig. 22).
Etymology: The species name is derived from the name of the type locality; noun in apposition.
Distribution: Known from Ji’an and Ganzhou cities in Jiangxi Province, China (Fig. 5). It seems that this species has a wide distribution in this Province based on recent fieldwork.
Zimin Jiang, Yanbin Yao, Yonghong Xiao and Keke Liu. 2023. A New Species of Mallinella Strand, 1906 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from South China. Biodiversity Data Journal. 11: e105513. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e105513
