The family Pedrocortesellidae, fam. n., includes the following genera and specie : Pedrocortesella Hammer, with the species: puchra Hammer (Peru) and gymnonota Hammer (New Zealand), which are redescribed; Pedrocortesella africana Pletzen (South Africa), P. parva Pletzen (South Africa) and P. hardyi Balogh (New Guinea) are considered incertae sedis: and Hexachaetoniella, gen. n., with the species sexpilosa (Hammer), n. comb., the type-species, and japonica (Aoki & Suzuki), n. comb. (Japan).