235 

 Domingo, Chontales, Nicaragua" (Crotch 1873b) . Sex not 



determined. 



Specimens examined . The lectotype and 3 specimens, 

 representing 3 collection records, were studied. Label 

 data: Bolivia, La Paz, Yolsa, montane forest, 6-1-1991, J. 

 V. McHugh, JVM lot B91-61 [1, JVMC] ; Costa Rica, 

 Hamburgfarm, Reventazon Ebene Limon, 25-V-1936, F. 

 Nevermann, an trocknem holz nachte [1, USNM] ; Mexico, 

 Veracruz, Los Tuxtlas, nr. Balzapote, 1-6-V-1989, E. 

 Giesbert [1, FSCA] . 



Distribution . Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and 

 Bolivia (Fig. 122) . 



Etymology . tri: Latin = 3; punctatus: Latin = 

 punctures, spots. Undoubtedly this species was named for 

 the 3 free spots on the pronotum. 



Taxonomic notes . Some catalogers misinterpreted the 

 type locality of "Santo Domingo" as meaning Santo Domingo, 

 Dominican Republic, on the island of Hispaniola (Blackwelder 

 1945:465). Leng & Mutchler (1914:412) even reported it from 

 Haiti. This is in error, as the type is from Santo Domingo, 

 Chontales, Nicaragua. 



In the original description, Crotch did not state that 

 only one specimen was studied, so a lectotype was 

 designated. The lectotype chosen is from the Janson 

 collection, from the type locality, and fits the original 

 description . 



