Ecuadattus pichincha sp. nov.

Figs 38–44, 132–135

Type material. Holotype: male, ECUADOR: Pichincha: Bellavista, Cloud Forest Reserve, 0.012–016° S, 78.682° W, elev. 2050–2240 m, 9–10 November 2010, coll. W. Maddison, D. Maddison, M. Vega & M. Reyes, WPM#10–065 (UBC-SEM AR00144, QCAZ). Paratypes: 1 female, same data as holotype (UBC-SEM AR00145); 4 males and 1 female in two vials, same data as holotype.

Etymology. A noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis. Resembles Ecuadattus typicus in coloration and markings (Figs 38–39), but differs from it by the wider palpal bulb, the shorter male palpal tibia, the presence of a ventral ridge on the palpal tibia (Figs 40–41), and the wider median septum of the epigynum (Fig. 43). Also see the diagnosis of E. napoensis .

Description. Male (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00144). Carapace length 2.3 (variation 1.9–2.3, n=5); abdomen length 2.3. Chelicera (Fig. 42): dark red brown; promargin with one bicuspid tooth and retromargin with one tooth. Palp (Figs 40–41): yellow brown. Bulb wide; tegular lobe present; embolic disc obvious; embolus slightly curved; retrolateral tibial apophysis long and finger-like; palpal tibia with a ventral ridge. Measurements of legs: I 4.8, II 4.0, III 4.2, IV 4.9. Color in alcohol (Fig. 38): carapace dark brown, eye area with guanine deposit, behind eye area and lateral margins with yellowish stripes; abdomen brownish, with numerous light yellow speckles and a longitudinal wide stripe; first leg dark brown, other legs pale yellow with brownish annuli.

Female (paratype, UBC-SEM AR00145). Carapace length 2.2; abdomen length 3.5. Chelicera: with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth. Measurements of legs: I 3.8, II 3.6, III 4.3, IV 4.9. Epigynum (Fig. 43): median septum present and wide, with opening to the copulatory duct anteriorly. Vulva (Fig. 44): copulatory duct relatively long but not coiled; spermatheca oval. Color in alcohol (Fig. 39): similar to that of male, but first leg paler in color and dorsum of abdomen obviously with a pair of white spots near posterior end.

Natural history. Specimens were found beating foliage and on mossy tree trunks in cloud forest.