From the lowlands to the highlands of Ecuador, a study of the genus Masteria (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Dipluridae) with description of seven new species Author Dupérré, Nadine Zoological Museum Hamburg, Leibniz-Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Center for Taxonomy and Morphology Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany. & Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Author Tapia, Elicio Fundación OTONGA, Calle Rither N ° 20 - 10 y Bolivia, Quito, Ecuador. Author Quandt, Dietmar Nees Institute for Plant Biodiversity, University of Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 170, 53115 Bonn, Germany. & Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany Author Crespo-Pérez, Verónica Laboratorio de Entomología, Museo de Zoología QCAZ, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Author Harms, Danilo Zoological Museum, Center of Natural History, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-07-28 5005 4 538 568 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.4.4 1175-5326 5142039 43AB6083-4E39-47DD-819E-8EC21F3B3C90 Genus Masteria L. Koch, 1873 Type species. Masteria hirsuta L. Koch, 1873 Diagnosis. See Passanha & Brescovit 2018: 8 . Composition. For complete list of species see WSC 2021. M. chalupas n. sp. , M. jatunsacha n. sp. , M. lasdamas n. sp. , M. machay n. sp. , M. otongachi n. sp. , M. papallacta n. sp. , M. pasochoa n. sp. Distribution in the Americas. Costa Rica , Panama , Cuba , Puerto Rico , Martinique, Dominican Republic , St. Vincent , Jamaica , Trinidad , Tobago , Venezuela , Guyana , Colombia , Ecuador , Brazil and Peru .