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There are 11 valid species of
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. The male genitalia of the new species appear to be unique and do not match any of the 6 species for which genitalia were illustrated by
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and the the processes arising from the shaft of the aedeagus are differently shaped.
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This species is named in honor of M. Stiller, the leading authority on South African
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74° ENE of
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<emphasis id="D3DED104A3FFFF57AEBDE3252BA4FD52" box="[189,250,625,651]" italics="true" pageId="177" pageNumber="178">et al.</emphasis>
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63° ENE of
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99° E of
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<emphasis id="D3DED104A3FFFF57AF30E38B2A34FD2C" box="[304,362,731,757]" italics="true" pageId="177" pageNumber="178">et al.</emphasis>
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One of the
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”. 5
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SIZE.
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FEMALE. Sternite VII length ~1.75 x width; pointed and
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-shaped apically; lateral margins convex anteriorly, concave posteriorly. First and second valvulae illustrated in
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: figs 5b, 7d) as “
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sp.”. First valvulae relatively slender; dorsal sculpturing pattern strigate to reticulate or imbricate. Second valvulae slender; with ~6 knob-like dorsal teeth restricted to less than apical 1/4 of valvulae. The eggs of this species are very unusual in having a tuft of lamellate seta-like extensions at one end. This has not been observed in any other
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, but a similar modification was reported by
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Wei
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(2007b)
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in the stegelytrine
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Wei &amp; Webb. The
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setae appear to be more filamentous in that species, and occupy a greater portion of the egg than in
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<emphasis id="D3DED104A3FCFF54AABEE0052E73FEB5" box="[1214,1325,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="178" pageNumber="179">A. stilleri</emphasis>
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. Eggs of numerous species of
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have been observed and are usually unremarkable in structure.
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<emphasis id="D3DED104A3FCFF54AEBDE0E02A71FE08" bold="true" box="[189,303,439,465]" pageId="178" pageNumber="179">Remarks</emphasis>
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At least 20 other species of
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<emphasis id="D3DED104A3FCFF54AC29E0B229EEFE26" box="[553,688,485,511]" italics="true" pageId="178" pageNumber="179">Acostemma</emphasis>
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were collected in the Terrestrial Arthropod Inventory of
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project conducted by the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Tsimbazaza Botanical and Zoological Park (PBZT), and none were assignable to described species. The available illustrations of the genitalia of
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spp. are not very detailed, and a revision of the genus would add much needed clarity to the taxonomy of the currently known species.
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