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Zodariidae Mallinella

Mallinella annulipes (Thorell, 1892)

Ring-legged Glossy Ant-hunter

This is the most common zodariid species in Singapore from where the first described specimen was collected. The name "annulipes" (meaning "ring-like") refers to the black bands on the yellowish orange legs. The abdomen is usually adorned with three to four pairs of bright yellow blotches. The male has black round bumps near the bases of femora I, II and III.

Length♀ 5–6; ♂ 5–6 mm
DistributionSingapore, Malaysia (Pahang), Indonesia (Riau Islands).
HabitatLeaf litter in forests.

Taxonomy

Taxonomic references*

  1. Storena annulipes (Original description j, preoccupied by L. Koch, 1867, see Storena annulipes, but only a junior secondary homonym)

    Thorell, 1893 Novae species aranearum a Cel: 209

  2. Storena cinctipes (replacement name)

    Simon, 1893a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier: 430 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973

  3. Storena pseliphora (superfluous replacement name)

    Thorell, 1894 Förteckning öfver arachnider från Java och närgrändsande öar, insamlade af Carl Aurivillius; jemte beskrifningar å några sydasiatiska och sydamerikanska spindlar: 5

  4. Storena annulipes (Original description ♀)

    Workman, 1896 Malaysian spiders: 76, pl. 76 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.101972

  5. Storena cinctipes

    Roewer, 1942a Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia): 360

  6. Mallinella cinctipes (Transferred from Storena)

    Song, Zhang & Li, 2002 A checklist of spiders from Singapore (Arachnida: Araneae): 374

  7. Mallinella annulipes (Original description ♂, ♀, restored the preoccupied name, Synonym of Mallinella cinctipes and M. pseliphora)

    Dankittipakul, Jocqué & Singtripop, 2012b Systematics and biogeography of the spider genus Mallinella Strand, 1906, with descriptions of new species and new genera from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Zodariidae): 164, f. 75-77, 103, 712-713, 719-722, 724-725, 730, 733-734, 737-747 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3369.1.1

* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.

Distribution Map for Mallinella annulipes (Thorell, 1892)

Singapore, Malaysia (Pahang), Indonesia (Riau Islands).

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