(Figs 624, 629, 675–678)

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, MALAYSIA, Johor State: Gunung Muntahak, Kota Tinggi Waterfall (01°49'46.8"N, 103°49'59.2"E), 170 m, rainforest near stream, 15 km northwest of Kota Tinggi, 26–27 May 2004, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MHNG, MAL –04/05). Paratypes: 1♀, Gunung Muntahak, Kota Tinggi Waterfall, at the foot of Mt. Muntahak (01°49'46.8"N, 103°49'59.2"E), rainforest along stream, 170 m, 5 February 2000, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MHNG, SUM –00/02); 4♀, 5 juveniles, ibidem, evergreen rainforest, 4 February 2000, leg. P.J. Schwendinger (MHNG, SUM –00/01).

Diagnosis. Females are similar to those of M. concava sp. nov. in having tongue-shaped spermathecae but can be distinguished from the latter species by the smaller spermathecae with deep subtapical constrictions (Fig. 629).

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Greek (δOλíχOς = long, wide) and Latin (bilobatus = with 2 lobes) and refers to the elongated epigynal plate.

Description. Female (holotype). Total length 6.24; prosoma 3.84 long, 2.50 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.28, ALE 0.20, PME 0.18, PLE 0.20, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.18, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.38; MOQ: 0.56 long, 0.54 anterior width, 0.52 posterior width. Leg measurements: I 15.71 (3.80, 4.78, 4.42, 2.70), II 14.94 (3.54, 4.06, 3.76, 3.55), III 12.16 (3.34, 3.82, 3.84, 2.12), IV 17.65 (3.88, 5.18, 5.82, 2.76).

Coloration. Carapace brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Sternum yellowish brown. Opisthosoma background sepia. Dorsum with pattern of pale longitudinal band on cardiac area.

Genitalia (Figs 624, 629, 675–678). Epigynal plate relatively broad, provided with anterior median incision, posterior margin slightly elevated. Spermathecae tongue-shaped, with subapical depression.

Male. Unknown.

Natural history. Mallinella dolichobilobata sp. nov. inhabits lowland evergreen rainforests.

Distribution. Malay Peninsula.