Systematics and biogeography of the spider genus Mallinella Strand, 1906, with descriptions of new species and new genera from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Zodariidae)
Author
Pakawin Dankittipakul, Rudy Jocque and Tippawan Singtripop
Imprint
Auckland, New Zealand : Magnolia Press, c2012
Descript
327 p. ill. ; 30 cm
SUMMARY
The systematics status of the spider genus Mallinella strand, 1906 (Araneae, Zodariidae), the phylogenetic relationship of the species within the genus and its relationships to other zodariids were investigated by means of cladistic analysis of morphological data. Mallinella is redefined and characterized by a single synapomorphy: the presence of posterior ventral spines situated in front of the spinnerets arranged in a single row. The genus is clearly palaeotropical, occurring in Africa, Indian subcontinent, Indo-Burma, Sundaland, Wallacea and Polynesia-Micronesia.
