World catalog of terrestrial isopods

DISTR. – Saudi Arabia.
Periscyphis gigas Collinge, 1915 = Adinda g.
Periscyphis granai Arcangeli, 1929
BIBL. – ARCANGELI 1929b (figs.); FERRARA 1972a (figs.), 1973a; FERRARA & TAITI 1979.
DISTR. – Ethiopia: Ghiarda.
REMARKS. – The specimens described as P. granai var. arabicus by BARNARD 1941 have
been shown to belong to two different species, P. arabicus and P. barnardi (compare
TAITI & FERRARA 1986c).
Periscyphis hughscotti Barnard, 1940 = P. jannonei
Periscyphis insularis Ferrara & Taiti, 1988
BIBL. – FERRARA & TAITI 1988 (figs.); TAITI et alii 2000.
DISTR. – Oman.
Periscyphis jannonei Arcangeli, 1940
SYN. – P. hughscotti
BIBL. – ARCANGELI 1940a (figs.); BARNARD 1940b; CLOUDSLEY-THOMPSON 1969; FERRARA 1972a
(figs.), 1973b; FERRARA & TAITI 1979.
DISTR. – Sudan and Ethiopia.
Periscyphis kalongensis Arcangeli, 1950
BIBL. – ARCANGELI 1950b (figs.); FERRARA & TAITI 1979.
DISTR. – Zaire: Kalonge, Ruwenzori.
Periscyphis kunenensis (Barnard, 1924) = Angaribia k.
Periscyphis lanzai Ferrara, 1973
BIBL. – FERRARA 1973a (figs.); FERRARA & TAITI 1979, 1998.
DISTR. – Southern Somalia.
Periscyphis laticarpus Taiti & Ferrara, 1989
BIBL. – TAITI & FERRARA 1989b (figs.), 1991c.
DISTR. – Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Periscyphis latissimus Omer-Cooper, 1926
BIBL. – OMER-COOPER 1926 (figs.); ARCANGELI 1929b (figs.) ; FERRARA 1972a (figs.); FERRARA
& TAITI 1979.
DISTR. – Ethiopia.
“Periscyphis” leucocephalus Budde-Lund, 1894 = nomen dubium
Periscyphis libycus Arcangeli, 1934
BIBL. – ARCANGELI 1934d (figs.).
DISTR. – Libya: SE Kufra.
Periscyphis limbatus Omer-Cooper, 1926
BIBL. – OMER-COOPER 1926 (figs.); FERRARA & TAITI 1979.
DISTR. – Southern Kenya: Kibwesi.
Periscyphis merolobatus Ferrara & Taiti, 1982
BIBL. – FERRARA & TAITI 1982d (figs.).
DISTR. – Eritrea.
Periscyphis minor Ferrara & Taiti, 1996
BIBL. – FERRARA & TAITI 1996a (figs.).
DISTR. – Yemen.
Periscyphis mofousensis Dalens, 1996
BIBL. – DALENS 1996 (figs.).
DISTR. – Northern Cameroon: Mandara Mountains.
Periscyphis monardi Brian, 1931 = Angaribia kunenensis
Periscyphis montanus Schmölzer, 1974
BIBL. – SCHMÖLZER 1974a (figs.); FERRARA & TAITI 1979.
DISTR. – Kenya: Mount Kenya.
Periscyphis nanus Budde-Lund, 1898 = Microcercus n.
Periscyphis niger Schmölzer, 1974
BIBL. – SCHMÖLZER 1974a (figs.); FERRARA & TAITI 1979.
DISTR. – Tanzania: Kilimanjaro.
Periscyphis nigricans Omer-Cooper, 1926
BIBL. – OMER-COOPER 1926 (figs.); ARCANGELI 1941 (figs.); FERRARA 1972a (figs.), 1973a;
FERRARA & TAITI 1979, 1998.
DISTR. – Ethiopia and “Somaliland”.
Periscyphis nigromaculatus Wedenissow, 1894 = P. trivialis
Periscyphis nigropunctatus Hilgendorf, 1893 = Togarmadillo n.
Periscyphis obtusicauda Budde-Lund, 1898 = Microcercus o.
Periscyphis omanensis Taiti & Ferrara, 1991
BIBL. – TAITI & FERRARA 1991c (figs.); TAITI et alii 2000.
DISTR. – Oman.
Periscyphis pallidus Schmölzer, 1974
BIBL. – SCHMÖLZER 1974a (figs.); FERRARA & TAITI 1979.
DISTR. – Tanzania: Aberdare Mountains.
“Periscyphis” pilosus Arcangeli, 1939
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