Porphyrochroa Melander, 1928 is recorded for the first time in the Brazilian Amazon Basin and three new species are described and illustrated, namely: P. elongata sp. n. (Amazonas and Acre), P. hipandriociliaris sp. n. (Amazonas) and P. vidali sp. n. (Roraima and Amazonas).
Amazon; biodiversity; Empidinae; news records; taxonomy