The revision includes a redescription of the genus, a key to the species, a phylogenetic analysis, a summary of the known life history, distribution records, and maps .The two known species of Kohliella from southern Africa (K. alaris and K. stevensoni )are redescribed; the previously unknown female of K. stevensoni and a new species (K. anula) from Sr Lianka are described. Previously unnoticed characters are used in description as cladistic analysis.