Andersonoplatus , a new genus with 16 new species from Venezuela ( A. andersoni , A. bechyneorum , A. castaneus , A. flavus , A. jolyi , A. laculata , A. lagunanegra , A. macubaji , A. merga , A. merida , A. microoculus , A. peck , A. rosalesi , A. sanare , A. saviniae ) and Panama ( A. baru ), is described and illustrated. All the specimens were collected in leaf litter by R. Anderson and S. and J. Peck. Andersonoplatus is compared to Andersonaltica Linzmeier & Konstantinov, Apleuraltica Bechyne, Distigmoptera Blake and Ulrica Scherer.