Ectatosticta wukong 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 : 536

Ectatosticta wukong Lin & Li, 2020

Figures 4A–D , 13A–C , 15J , 16J , 18D , 19

Ectatosticta wukong Lin & Li, 2020: 20 , figs 1, 2C–D, 3C–D, 4C–D, 5C, 6D–E (♂ ♀).

Material examined. 2 males and 12 females, China, Sichuan Province, Hongyuan County, Shuajingsi Town, Shuamalukou , 31°55′33″ N, 102°39′12″ E, elev. 3425 m, 13 October 2020, L.Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, J.X. Zhao and J.S. Luo leg.

Diagnosis. The male of this species resembles E. songpanensis sp. nov. ( Figs 12A–C , 15I , 16I ), in having three thicken setae on cymbial lobe, but differs from the latter by the narrow conductor ( Figs 13A–C , 15J , 16J ). The female of this species resembles E. rulai Lin & Li, 2021 ( Fig. 18A ) in having one pair of spermathecae, but differs from the latter by the narrow spermathecae base ( Fig. 18D )

Description. See Lin & Li (2020). Habitus, male palp and female genitalia as in Figs 4A–D , 13A–C , 15J , 16J , 18D .

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

Figures

FIGURE 4. Photos of living specimens of Ectatosticta. A–D. E. wukong (A, male; B–C, female; D, web); E–F. yukuni Lin & Li, 2021, female.

FIGURE 12. Ectatosticta songpanensis sp. nov. male holotype. A. Left male palp, apex of tarsus with bulb, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view.

FIGURE 13. Ectatosticta wukong Lin & Li, 2020. 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 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.