Mathis, Wayne Neilsen and Freidberg, Amnon. 2012. "Periscelis stuckenbergi sp. n., the first record of the genus from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Periscelididae: Periscelidinae)." African Invertebrates, 53, (1) 231–238. https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.053.0115.
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 sub-families of the family and subgenera of Periscelis and habitus photographs and detailed illustrations of structures of the male terminalia are also included.
