Cholomus luteopictus Víquez and Anderson, new species, is described from Panama and Costa Rica (type locality, Panama, Chiriqui Province, Reserva La Fortuna). Cholomus luteopictus can be distinguished from C. panamensis Vaurie, the only other known Central American species, by its more elongate body form, its more prominent and ventrally directed male mesosternal process, and, the distinct pattern of scales on the elytra.