Periscelis stuckenbergi sp. n., the First Record of the Genus from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Periscelididae: Periscelidinae)

Abstract

A new species of the genus Periscelis Loew (P. stuckenbergi, Diptera: Periscelididae: Periscelidinae), the first from the Afrotropical Region, is described. Brief diagnoses of the family, subfamily, genus, subgenus and species are provided to facilitate identification of members of this uncommon family. A key to the sub­families of the family and subgenera of Periscelis and habitus photographs and detailed illustra­ tions of structures of the male terminalia are also included.