A new genus and species of Chamaemyiidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea) is described and illustrated, namely Chamaeleucopis, gen. nov. (type species Chamaeleucopis trevas, sp. nov.), a predator of Ceroplastes wax scales on guava from Brazil. In addition, the previously unrecognized genus Ortalidina Blanchard 1852 (type species Ortalidina cellularis Blanchard 1852), mainly from the Neotropics, is recog...