Ectatosticta bajie Lin & Li, 2021

Wang, Lu-Yu, Zhao, Jing-Xia, Irfan, Muhammad & Zhang, Zhi-Sheng, 2021, Review of the spider genus Ectatosticta Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Hypochilidae) with description of four new species from China, Zootaxa 5016 (4), pp. 523-542 : 527

Ectatosticta bajie Lin & Li, 2021

Figures 5A–C , 15A , 16A , 17A , 19

Ectatosticta bajie Lin & Li, 2021: 4 , figs 1A–C, 5A, 7A–B (♂ ♀).

Material examined. 1 male and 1 female, China, Sichuan Province, Luding County, Moxi Town, Hailuogou , 29°34′29″ N, 101°59′56″ E, elev. 2922 m, 13 November 2019, Z.S. Zhang, L.Y. Wang, F. Zheng, Y. Zhang & M. Zhang leg.

Diagnosis. Male of this species resembles E. yukuni Lin & Li, 2021 ( Figs 14A–C , 15K , 16K ) in having five strong setae on cymbial lobe retrolaterally but differs from the latter by the wide conductor base and the strong embolic base ( Figs 5A–C , 15A , 16A ). Female of this species resembles E. pingwuensis sp. nov. ( Fig. 17F ) in having two pairs of spermathecae, but differs from the latter by the long, strongly curved and narrower dorsal spermathecae ( Fig. 17A ).

Description. See Lin & Li (2021). Male palp and female genitalia as in Figs 5A–C , 15A , 16A , 17A .

Distribution. China (Sichuan) ( Fig. 19 ).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Ectatosticta bajie Lin & Li, 2021. A. Left male palp, apex of tarsus with bulb, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view.

FIGURE 14. Ectatosticta yukuni Lin & Li, 2021. A. Left male palp, apex of tarsus with bulb, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view.

FIGURE 15. Embolus and conductor of Ectatosticta left male palp, retrolateral view. A. E. bajie Lin & Li, 2021; B. E. davidi (Simon, 1889); C. E. deltshevi Platnick & Jäger, 2009; D. E. nyingchiensis sp. nov.; E. E. pingwuensis sp. nov.; F–G. E. rulai Lin & Li, 2021 (F from Jiuzhaigou, G from Wanglang); H. E. shennongjiaensis sp. nov.; I. E. songpanensis sp. nov.; J. E. wukong Lin & Li, 2020; K. E. yukuni Lin & Li, 2021. Abbreviations: Co, conductor; Em, embolus.

FIGURE 16. Cymbium apophysis of Ectatosticta left male palp, prolateral view. A. E. bajie Lin & Li, 2021; B. E. davidi (Simon, 1889); C. E. deltshevi Platnick & Jäger, 2009; D. E. nyingchiensis sp. nov.; E. E. pingwuensis sp. nov.; F–G. E. rulai Lin & Li, 2021 (F from Jiuzhaigou, G from Wanglang); H. E. shennongjiaensis sp. nov.; I. E. songpanensis sp. nov.; J. E. wukong Lin & Li, 2020; K. E. yukuni Lin & Li, 2021. Abbreviations: CL, cymbial lobe; TS, thickened setae.

FIGURE 17. Female genitalia of Ectatosticta, dorsal view. A. E. bajie Lin & Li, 2021; B–C. E. davidi (Simon, 1889); D. E. deltshevi Platnick & Jäger, 2009; E. E. nyingchiensis sp. nov.; F. E. pingwuensis sp. nov.. Abbreviations: DS, dorsal spermathecae; VS, ventral spermathecae.

FIGURE 19. Distribution records of Ectatosticta spp. in this study.