Ectatosticta pingwuensis Wang &amp; Zhao &amp; Irfan &amp; Zhang 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Lu-Yu
name: Zhao, Jing-Xia
name: Irfan, Muhammad
name: Zhang, Zhi-Sheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Hypochilidae
Ectatosticta
Ectatosticta pingwuensis

description: <i>Ectatosticta pingwuensis</i> sp. nov. Figures 3A, 9A–C, 15E, 16E, 17F, 19 <b>Type material.</b> <b>Holotype</b> male (SWUC-T-HY-02-01), China, Sichuan Province, Pingwu County, 32°42′46″ N, 104°22′37″ E, elev. 1801 m, 15 October 2020, L.Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, J.X. Zhao and J.S. Luo leg. <b>Paratypes:</b> 7 females (SWUC-T-HY-02-02~08), with same data as holotype; 1 female (SWUC-T-HY-02-09), Pingwu County, 32°42′46″ N, 104°22′37″ E, elev. 1801 m, 14 October 2018, Z.S. Zhang, L.Y. Wang, F. Zheng, P. Liu and T. Yuan leg.; 2 females (SWUC-T-HY-02-10~11), Pingwu County, 24 September 2018, L.Y. Wang, F. Zheng, P. Liu, T. Yuan, Y. Zhang and M. Zhang leg. <b>Etymology.</b> The specific name is derived from the type locality; noun in apposition. <b>Diagnosis.</b> The male of this new species resembles <i>E. shennongjiaensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (Figs 11A–C, 15H, 16H) in having four strong setae on cymbial lobe, but differs from the latter by the wide conductor, the right-angled lower edge of the embolic base (Figs 9A–C, 15E, 16E). The female of this new species resembles <i>E. yukuni</i> Lin &amp; Li, 2021 (Fig. 18F) in having two pairs of spermathecae, but differs from the latter by the dorsal spermathecae longer than a half of ventral spermathecae (Fig. 17F). <b>Description. Male holotype (Fig. 3A).</b> total length 11.50. Prosoma 5.26 long, 3.36 wide; Opisthosoma 6.10 long, 3.40 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.15, ALE 0.24, PME 0.21, PLE 0.23; AME–AME 0.13, AME– ALE 0.33, PME–PME 0.41, PME–PLE 0.22, ALE–PLE 0.04. MOA 0.41 long, front 0.43 wide, back width 0.78. Clypeus 0.40 high. Chelicerae with six promarginal and nine retromarginal teeth. Leg measurements: I 67.19 (18.21, 21.55, 17.13, 10.30); II 55.82 (15.19, 17.86, 14.69, 8.08); III 43.99 (13.34, 14.51, 10.99, 5.15); IV 56.19 (16.83, 17.87, 14.76, 6.73). Leg formula: 1423. Male palp (Figs 9A–C, 15E, 16E). Cymbium long, retrolaterally with a small semicircular lobe and a large lobe bearing four strong setae. Embolus thin, length ratio of embolus to embolic base 1:2, basaly grooved. Conductor long, sickle-shaped. <b>Female (One of paratypes).</b> Total length 17.02. Prosoma 8.39 long, 5.27 wide; Opisthosoma 9.24 long, 2.96 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.34, ALE 0.44, PME 0.47, PLE 0.46; AME–AME 0.27, AME–ALE 0.49, PME–PME 0.63, PME–PLE 0.36, ALE–PLE 0.05. MOA 0.78 long, front 0.89 wide, back width 1.31. Clypeus 0.62 high. Chelicerae with eight promarginal and six retromarginal teeth. Leg measurements: I 65.05 (18.79, 22.67, 15.54, 8.05); II 56.16 (16.11, 19.20, 13.82, 7.03); III 41.68 (12.46, 14.05, 10.21, 4.96); IV 51.12 (15.21, 16.21, 13.44, 6.26). Leg formula: 1243. Female genitalia (Fig. 17F). Dorsal spermathecae longer than a half length of ventral spermathecae, ventral spermathecae arc-shaped, 1.5 times longer than the length of dorsal spermathecae. <b>Distribution.</b> Known only from the type locality, Sichuan, China (Fig. 19).
description: Published as part of <i>Wang, Lu-Yu, Zhao, Jing-Xia, Irfan, Muhammad &amp; Zhang, Zhi-Sheng, 2021, Review of the spider genus Ectatosticta Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Hypochilidae) with description of four new species from China, pp. 523-542 in Zootaxa 5016 (4)</i> on pages 532-533, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5016.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5222521
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