The harvestman genus VimaHirst, 1912 is revised and newly diagnosed. A new species from Caquetá (Colombia), Vima panita sp. nov., is described and illustrated. This is the second species of Vima, and it represents the first record of the genus from Colombia expanding its range by 1,500 km to the southwest. Scanning electron micrograph images of the body and photographs of the holotype of Vima insignisHirst, 1912 from Guyana, together with a map showing the distribution of the genus in South America, are provided.