The genus ChromoteleiaAshmead is revised. Twenty-seven species are recognized, of which six species are redescribed: C.congoana(Risbec), C.connectensKieffer, C.fuscicornisKieffer, C.longitarsisKieffer, C.semicyaneaAshmead, C.tricarinataKieffer; and twenty-one species are described as new: C.aequalisChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.alternataChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.bidensChen & Masner, sp. n., C.copiosaChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.cuneusChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.curtaChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.depilisChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.disparChen & Masner, sp. n., C.fengChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.fossaChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.ingensChen & Masner, sp. n., C.levitasChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.longaChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.mauraChen & Masner, sp. n., C.parvitasChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.pilusChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.planaChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.raraChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.robustaChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.semiluteaChen & Johnson, sp. n., C.sparsaChen & Johnson, sp. n. ChromoteleiarufithoraxKieffer remains a valid species, but its identity and status are unclear. All species are known only from the Neotropical region except for Chromoteleiacongoana(Resbec) which only occurs in Africa.