ABSTRACT: The Exocelina ekari-group is here introduced and defined mainly on the basis of a discontinuous outline of the median lobe of the aedeagus. The group is known only from New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea). It contained four species to date: Exocelina astrophallus (Balke, 1998), Exocelina atowaso (Shaverdo, Sagata & Balke, 2005), Exocelina munaso (Shaverdo, Sagata & Balke, 2005), and Exocelina polita (Sharp, 1882). Twenty two new species are described herein: Exocelina alexanderisp. n., Exocelina anggiensissp. n., Exocelina arfakensissp. n., Exocelina bifidasp. n., Exocelina brahminensissp. n., Exocelina bundiensissp. n., Exocelina edeltraudaesp. n., Exocelina ekarisp. n., Exocelina emesp. n., Exocelina evelyncheesmanaesp. n., Exocelina hansferyisp. n., Exocelina irianensissp. n., E
