Twenty two Elmohardyia species are registered from the Brazilian Amazon Basin, including one new record and eleven new species. E. amazona (Hardy); E. aquinoi sp.n; E. argyrogaster (Rafael); E. carrerai (Hardy); E. concava sp.n.; E. conchulata (Menezes & Rafael); E. echinata sp.n.; E. hispida sp.n.; E. immaculata sp.n.; E. lanei lanei (Hardy); Ε. manaos (Menezes & Rafael); Ε. oriximinaensis sp.n.; E. papaveroi (Rafael); E. parva sp.n.; E. praecipua (Rafael & Rosa); E. replicata (Hardy); E. roraimensis (Rafael & Rosa); E. rosalyae sp.n; E. subtilis sp.n.; E. tricuspis sp.n.; E. trinidadensis (Hardy) and E. valida sp.n. A dichotomic key to the species of the Brazilian Amazon Basin, based in male specimens, is included and new geographical records are given.
Brazilian Amazon basin; Diptera; Elmohardyia; Pipunculidae; Taxonomy