A new species of Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, D. deanei Felippe-Bauer & Quintelas, is described and illustrated from a male specimen from Trinidad, and a redescription of D. guianae (Wirth) is given.
neotropical predaceous midges; Downeshelea deanei sp.n.; Downeshelea guianae (Wirth); British Guiana; Trinidad; Brazil