Genus: Silphoictidoides HUENE, 1950
Etymology: Greek, silphe, “cockroach”, Greek, iktid-, “weasel” and Latin, oides, “resembling”: Insect ferret like one.

Species: ruhuhuensis HUENE, 1950
Etymology: In reference to Ruhuhu, Songea District, Tanzania, Tanganyika, East Africa.

Holotype: GPIT/RE/7138 (formerly GPIT K 70)

Locality: Kingori, Ruhuhu, Songea District, Tanzania, Tanganyika, East Africa.

Horizon: Usili (Kawianga) Formation, equivalent to the Cistecephalus or Daptocephalus zone.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Tatarian Age, Lopingian Subepoch, Zechstein Epoch, Late Permian.

Material: Nearly complete skull and dentary.

Referred material:

GPIT/RE/7139 (formerly GPIT K 125): Nearly complete skull, dentary, right humerus.