Ectatosticta deltshevi Platnick & Jaeger, 2009 Figs 1, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6A-C, 7A, B, 8

Ectatosticta davidi Li & Zhu, 1984: 510, figs A-G; Forster et al. 1987: 23, figs 6-16, 18-20, 23, 24, 31-36, 78-82; Song et al. 1999: 41, figs 11D, 17Q-T; Hu 2001: 69, figs 1.1-6; Song et al. 2001: 64, fig. 24A-E. All misidentified.

Ectatosticta deltshevi Platnick & Jäger, 2009: 214.

Type material.

Holotype ♂ (IZCAS-Ar28579), China, Qinghai Province, Huangyuan County, 15.IX.1984, Zhongshan Li leg., examined.

Other material examined.

2♂2♀ (IZCAS), China, Qinghai Province, Huangyuan County, 15.IX.1984, Zhongshan Li leg.; 2♀ (IZCAS), China, Qinghai Province, Haidong, Huzhutu Autonomous County, Jinchuan County, Jiading, Beishan National Park, 36.9378N, 102.4575E, elevation ca. 2442 m, 30.X.2019, Yejie Lin leg.

Distribution.

China (Qinghai).

Natural history.

Living in simple sheet webs between soil blocks or tree roots. On one side of the web there is tube-retreat that extends into the soil.