Manfreda galvaniae, a new species from the Barranca de Malinaltenango, mpio. Ixtapan de la Sal, State of Mexico, is described and illustrated. It belongs to the Manfreda guttata (Jacobi et Bouché) Rose group, and is similar to M. pringlei Rose and M. fusca Ravenna. Likewise, the paper presents comments about the taxonomic status of M. malinaltenangensis Matuda, sympatric with M. galvaniae.