taxonID	type	description	language	source
B95AA72FF133F97612C2F95A91A3FB83.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Terphis nodosa Erichson (monotypic)	en	Schlinger, Evert I. (1968): Africaterphis, a new genus for the African species of Terphis; and a redescription of the Brazilian genus Terphis Erichson (Diptera: Acroceridae). ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 20: 59-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8345268
B95AA72FF133F97612C2F95A91A3FB83.taxon	description	Redescription: Small flies (5 - 6 mm.) distinctly patterned with yellow, white and brown areas; head large, nearly spherical; eyes holoptic above and below antennae; covered with sparse, extremely short hairs; antennae three-segmented, short, inserted on ventral forward margin of head; segment I mostly hidden under antennal tubercle, segment II short, but about twice as long as wide, covered with short pubescence; segment III swollen basally, extending into thin apical style about twice as long as base and with single apical seta; antennal tubercle small, protruding medially over base of antennae, entirely covered with dense short hairs; frons small, but projecting; postclypeus small, protruding only slightly below occipital margin; mouthparts small, indistinct, but visible structures include rostrum with long apical setae, and a shorter prementum; only lateral ocelli present on small. flat, triangular, ocellar tubercle; occiput short, flat, rigid, above without medial depression, then strongly concave to cervical region; prothoracic lobes joined medially but for only short distance; mesonotum finely reticulated; postscutellum swollen, easily visible under scutellum; tergites of abdominal segments II-IV with obvious dorsolateral bumps; spiracles present in tergites I-VI, but apparently only functional on I-Ill; abdominal sterum somewhat concave medially; sternites II-IV fused completely with tergites; wing venation quite reduced with cell formation restricted to anterior margin of wing; even veins R 4 + 5 and m 1 faint (Erichson, 1840, plate I, fig. 10 is quite accurate).	en	Schlinger, Evert I. (1968): Africaterphis, a new genus for the African species of Terphis; and a redescription of the Brazilian genus Terphis Erichson (Diptera: Acroceridae). ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 20: 59-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8345268
B95AA72FF133F97612C2F95A91A3FB83.taxon	discussion	Discussion: The only included species under this revised concept is Terphis nodosa Erichson from Brazil.	en	Schlinger, Evert I. (1968): Africaterphis, a new genus for the African species of Terphis; and a redescription of the Brazilian genus Terphis Erichson (Diptera: Acroceridae). ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 20: 59-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8345268
B95AA72FF133F97612C2F95A91A3FB83.taxon	materials_examined	Specimen examined for above description: Brazil, 1 ♂, Nova Teutonia, 27 ° - 11: Lat. and 52 ° - 23; Long., 12. ix. 1938, Fritz Plaumann (USNM).	en	Schlinger, Evert I. (1968): Africaterphis, a new genus for the African species of Terphis; and a redescription of the Brazilian genus Terphis Erichson (Diptera: Acroceridae). ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 20: 59-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8345268
B95AA72FF133F97612C2F95A91A3FB83.taxon	discussion	This species is apparently quite rare, as the only other specimens known to the writer are the holotype from " Brazil, " and one male from Itaquaquecetuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, reported by Sabrosky (1950).	en	Schlinger, Evert I. (1968): Africaterphis, a new genus for the African species of Terphis; and a redescription of the Brazilian genus Terphis Erichson (Diptera: Acroceridae). ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 20: 59-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8345268
B95AA72FF130F9771395FBC294ECFD29.taxon	distribution	Terphis species from Africa by various authors (not Erichson, 1840).	en	Schlinger, Evert I. (1968): Africaterphis, a new genus for the African species of Terphis; and a redescription of the Brazilian genus Terphis Erichson (Diptera: Acroceridae). ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 20: 59-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8345268
B95AA72FF130F9771395FBC294ECFD29.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Terphis acroceroides Sabrosky (1950), by present designation.	en	Schlinger, Evert I. (1968): Africaterphis, a new genus for the African species of Terphis; and a redescription of the Brazilian genus Terphis Erichson (Diptera: Acroceridae). ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 20: 59-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8345268
B95AA72FF130F9771395FBC294ECFD29.taxon	description	Description: Small flies (3 - 6 mm.), black or brown with distinct yellow or light brown markings. Head small, higher than long; eyes holoptic above and below antannae, apilose; antennae three-segmented, short, inserted on ventral forward margin of head: segment I hardly discernable underneath antennal tubercle, segment II round, short, covered with short pubescence; segment III swollen basally, extending into thin apical style from once to twice as long as base, ending without or with one to four short setae; two distinct sensoria present on swollen base of segment Ill; antennal tubercle small, weakly or strongly protruding out and over base of antennal segment I, shiny and bare, or with few long setae present on lateral ventral margin; frons inconspicuous, not projecting; postclypeus small hardly projecting below occipital margin; mouth parts small, only a short blunt rostrum visible; ocellar tubercle flat or somewhat raised laterally, with or without median ocellus, but lateral ocellus visible; occiput rugose, broad and swollen above, with distinct median depression behind ocellar tubercle. Thorax rugose with large irregular depressions most common on prothoracic lobes and on anterior part of mesonoturn; prothoracic lobes come close together behind head, but do not join, a deep groove which separates them continues back onto mesonotum; postscutellum visible under scutellum, but not greatly swollen; squama large, higher than head height, joined to thorax along upper 2 / 3 of anterior margin; legs short, slender; three pulvilli present; wing long, thin, weakly veined except along anterior margin; vein R 2 + 3 reaches margin well before apex, no longitudinal veins beyond R 2 + 3 reach wing margin, even R 4 + 5 and M 1 only distinct basally (venation as given in Schlinger, 1960 a, fig. 24, for Terphis gertschi Sch.). Abdomen short, inflated, dorsum smooth or incisures present between segments; sternum flat or slightly convex, sternites separated from tergites; spiracles present in tergites II-VI, but apparently functional only in ll-IV; genitalia small, mostly concealed under caudal tergites.	en	Schlinger, Evert I. (1968): Africaterphis, a new genus for the African species of Terphis; and a redescription of the Brazilian genus Terphis Erichson (Diptera: Acroceridae). ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 20: 59-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8345268
B95AA72FF130F9771395FBC294ECFD29.taxon	distribution	Distribution: The genus is now known only from Africa: Belgian Congo, Cape Province Southern Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa.	en	Schlinger, Evert I. (1968): Africaterphis, a new genus for the African species of Terphis; and a redescription of the Brazilian genus Terphis Erichson (Diptera: Acroceridae). ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 20: 59-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8345268
B95AA72FF131F97713E2FD3891F9FB38.taxon	description	This brightly coloured yellow and black species was originally described from two males from the Belgian Congo. Schlinger (I 960 a) discussed the first females of the species and recorded them from Portuguese East Africa.	en	Schlinger, Evert I. (1968): Africaterphis, a new genus for the African species of Terphis; and a redescription of the Brazilian genus Terphis Erichson (Diptera: Acroceridae). ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 20: 59-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8345268
B95AA72FF131F97713E2FD3891F9FB38.taxon	materials_examined	Recently I examined 11 males from Southern Rhodesia as follows: 6 ♂ ♂, E. Vumba, 6.5.1965 (D. Cookson), taken swarming above a banana plant; 5 ♂ ♂, Bomponi, Vumba, 16.5. 1965 (D. M. Cookson); 2 specimens of which were also collected above a banana plant, 2 other specimens were taken over a guava bush, and one specimen was labelled at 2,500 ft. elevation.	en	Schlinger, Evert I. (1968): Africaterphis, a new genus for the African species of Terphis; and a redescription of the Brazilian genus Terphis Erichson (Diptera: Acroceridae). ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 20: 59-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8345268
B95AA72FF131F97713CFFB2194ECF942.taxon	description	This species was described from two males from Ceres, Cape Province, South Africa. A poorly preserved male specimen has been examined recently which is presumed to be this species. It had the following labels: (1) " British Caffraria, Castilucan, 1862 "; (2) " Terphis aspera Wdlck * " and " MSS of Benno Wandolleck, in Berlin, 1899. " This specimen was loaned to me from the Hope Museum, Oxford, England. The name " Terphis aspera, " as given on the above label, is here considered a nomen nudem, inasmuch as the large revision of this family published by Wandolleck in 1914 did not contain this species name, any actual description of the genus or any species of Terphis.	en	Schlinger, Evert I. (1968): Africaterphis, a new genus for the African species of Terphis; and a redescription of the Brazilian genus Terphis Erichson (Diptera: Acroceridae). ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 20: 59-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8345268
