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, the adequate identification requires the examination of the genitalia morphology. The male genital capsule of the new species is most similar to that of
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), a shorter tegumen, a medially slightly convex costal margin and a broader sacculus. The aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="B938D572FF97FFDE322A89BEFD6EBDE0" box="[573,735,971,998]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. transtillata</emphasis>
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is slightly curved medially while it is nearly straight in
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<emphasis id="B938D572FF97FFDE359089BEFF48BA0E" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. hollandi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The vesica of the new species differs from that of
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<emphasis id="B938D572FF97FFDE3390899CFBBBBA0E" box="[903,1034,1005,1032]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. hollandi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its elongate basal plate (it is rounded in the latter species), the absence of a lateral diverticulum and the considerably weaker granulation of the main chamber which is covered in tiny but heavily sclerotized spinules in
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<emphasis id="B938D572FF97FFDE34698E43FAB3BA4D" box="[1150,1282,1072,1099]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. hollandi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The female genitalia of
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<emphasis id="B938D572FF97FFDE31318E21FE79BA6B" box="[294,456,1106,1133]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. transtillata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ from those of
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<emphasis id="B938D572FF97FFDE32D28E21FCF7BA6B" box="[709,838,1106,1133]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. hollandi</emphasis>
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and other congeners by their very broad subostial area of the 7
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sternite, the substantially broad postvaginal plate densely covered in tiny spinules (it is short and elliptical in the
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<emphasis id="B938D572FF97FFDE319F8EE5FDB1BAB7" box="[392,512,1174,1201]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. numida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species-group and X-shaped in the
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<emphasis id="B938D572FF97FFDE33A68EE5FB82BAB6" box="[945,1075,1175,1201]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. morettoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species-group), and the much broader ostium bursae. The ductus bursae of
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<emphasis id="B938D572FF97FFDE32A48ECAFCE4BAD4" box="[691,853,1207,1234]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. transtillata</emphasis>
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is medially curved and heavily scobinated while those of the other congeners are straight and weakly scobinated. Additionally, the signa bursae of the new species are ribbon-like while those of the other congeners are rounded.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3565AEBFF97FFDE30E18F6FFD51BB5F" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BF30960FF97FFDE30E18F6FFD51BB5F" blockId="18.[151,1437,499,1437]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<emphasis id="B938D572FF97FFDE30E18F6FFE21BB31" bold="true" box="[246,400,1309,1335]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Distribution</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B938D572FF97FFDE31898F6FFD2CBB31" box="[414,669,1308,1335]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Siccasura transtillata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is currently known only from two localities in
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(South
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) (
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as
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<emphasis id="B938D572FF97FFDE32188F4CFDD6BB5F" box="[527,615,1342,1369]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">numida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(partim)).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3565AEBFF97FFDE30E18F12FE9CBB9B" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BF30960FF97FFDE30E18F12FE9CBB9B" blockId="18.[151,1437,499,1437]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<emphasis id="B938D572FF97FFDE30E18F12FECFBB7C" bold="true" box="[246,382,1376,1402]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet refers to the well-developed transtillar processes, which are unique in the genus.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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