Gen. Parapyrrhicia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891

Actually 11 species belong to the genus Parapyrrhicia . Seven of them live in East Africa and have been revised by Hemp et al. (2016), three species are known from Madagascar, P. dentipes Saussure, 1899, P. madagassus (Karsch, 1889), P. virilis Carl, 1914; further, P. insularis Chopard, 1958 has been described from Comores Is. (between Madagascar and Africa) .

Some new interesting records and morphological remarks on Madagascar species are below reported, together the description of a twelfth species, also from Madagascar.