Ectatosticta rulai 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 : 533-534

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Figures 2A–D View FIGURE 2 , 10A–C View FIGURE 10 , 15F–G, 16F–G, 18A View FIGURE 18 , 19

Ectatosticta sp. Zhang & Wang 2017: 314, figs (♂ ♀).

Ectatosticta rulai Lin & Li, 2021: 6 , figs 3A–C, 6A, 7E–F (♂ ♀). Material examined. 1 male and 3 females, China, Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou County, Jiuzhaigou Town GoogleMaps , 33°17′07″ N, 103°56′46″ E, elev. 2098 m, 24 September 2012, L.Y. Wang leg.; 1 male, Sichuan Province, Pingwu County, Wanglang Nature Reserve, Baixionggou , 33°00′10″ N, 104°01′31″ E, elev. 2795m, 25 September 2019, L.Y. Wang leg. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. The male of this species resembles E. deltshevi Platnick & Jäger, 2009 ( Figs 7A–C View FIGURE 7 , 15C, 16C) in having two strong setae in cymbial lobe, but differs from the latter by the long embolic base and the strong conductor ( Figs 10A–C View FIGURE 10 , 15F–G, 16F–G). The female of this species resembles E. wukong Lin & Li, 2020 ( Fig. 18D View FIGURE 18 ) in having one pair of spermathecae, but differs from the latter by the strong spermathecae base ( Fig. 18A View FIGURE 18 ).

Description. See Lin & Li (2021). Habitus, male palp and female genitalia as in Figs 2A–D View FIGURE 2 , 10A–C View FIGURE 10 , 15F–G, 16F–G, 18A View FIGURE 18 .

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

References

Lin, Y. J. & Li, S. Q. (2020) Taxonomic studies on the genus Ectatosticta (Araneae, Hypochilidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys, 954, 17 - 29. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 954.52254

Lin, Y. J. & Li, S. Q. (2021) Four new species of the genus Ectatosticta (Araneae, Hypochilidae) from China. Acta Arachnologica Sinica, 30 (1), 1 - 8. https: // doi. org / 10.3969 / j. issn. 1005 - 9628.2021.01.001

Platnick, N. I. & Jager, P. (2009) A new species of the basal araneomorph spider genus Ectatosticta (Araneae, Hypochilidae) from China. ZooKeys, 16, 209 - 215. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 16.231

Zhang, Z. S. & Wang, L. Y. (2017) Chinese spiders illustrated. Chongqing University Press, Chongqing, 954 pp.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Photos of living specimens of Ectatosticta. E. rulai Lin & Li, 2021 (A–B, male; C, female; D, web);

FIGURE 7. Ectatosticta deltshevi Platnick & Jäger, 2009.A. Left male palp, apex of tarsus with bulb, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view.

FIGURE 10. Ectatosticta rulai Lin & Li, 2021. A. Left male palp, apex of tarsus with bulb, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view.

FIGURE 18. Female genitalia of Ectatosticta, dorsal view. A. E. rulai Lin & Li, 2021; B. E. shennongjiaensis sp. nov.; C. E. songpanensis sp. nov.; D. E. wukong Lin & Li, 2020; E. E. xuanzang Lin & Li, 2020; F. E. yukuni Lin & Li, 2021. Abbreviations: DS, dorsal spermathecae; VS, ventral spermathecae.