Ectatosticta xuanzang Lin & Li, 2020

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 : 537

Ectatosticta xuanzang Lin & Li, 2020

Figures 18E , 19

Ectatosticta xuanzang Lin & Li, 2020: 23 , figs 5D, 6G–K, 7C–D (♀).

Material examined. 10 females, China, Tibet, Cona County, Lebugou , 27°52′19′′ N, 91°48′38′′ E, elev. 3118 m, 4 August 2020, L.Y. Wang, T. Yuan and Y.M. Hou leg.

Diagnosis. The female of this species resembles E. songpanensis sp. nov. ( Fig. 18C ), in having two pairs spermathecae, ventral spermathecae long and dorsal spermathecae short, but differs by the thin ventral spermathecae, the short and arc-shaped dorsal spermathecae( Fig. 18E ).

Description. See Lin & Li (2020). Female genitalia as in Fig. 18E .

Distribution. China (Tibet) ( Fig. 19 ).

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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.

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