The southern African species of Branchipodopsis are reviewed. Eleven previously known species are redescribed and five new species (B. barnardi, B. dayae, B. drakensbergensis, B. hutchinsoni and B. underbergensis) are described. The male second antennae (clypeus), cercopods, last abdominal segments and penes, as well as extensions of the genital segments of the females of certain species, are illustrated as are species distributions. The 16 species have been divided into groups based on a tentative cladistic analysis and a key, using the morphology of the clypeus, is presented. Intraspecific variation in two widespread species, B. tridens and B. wolfi, is illustrated and discussed. The characters used in the taxonomy of the genus Branchipodopsis, aspects of species diversity, habitats, dispersal and future Tesearch are commented on.