(Figs 1A, 2A, 2B, 8A)
Diagnosis. Outer vertical setae absent. Vibrissa absent. Occiput shiny, elongate and as long as high (Fig. 2A). Scape less than half length of pedicel. First flagellomere dorsoventrally parallel, with apex widely rounded. Arista densely white pubescent. Scape less than half length of pedicel (Fig. 1A). Occiput shiny and elongate, as long as high; with black setae towards posterior margin of head (Fig. 2A, B). Thorax elongate, with mesoscutum and antepronotal ring distinctly anterior to postpronotal carina (Sepúlveda et al. 2013a).
Material examined. Mexico. Chiapas. Cacahoatan, Ej. Benito J. El Plan [15.100733, -92.143917], 1705m, Malaise, 13.vii-12.viii.2018, Cancino-López, R. J. & Luna-Luna, A. M., 3 females (CNIN); same label information, except: 15.iii-15.iv.2018, 1 female (CNIN); 1712m, 8.xii-9.i.2018, 1 female (CNIN); 1712m, 14.vi-13.vii.2018, 1 male (CNIN); Unión Juarez, Chiquihuites, La Caracola [15.095483, -92.099333], 2081m, trampa de luz blanca y negra, 16.vii.2018, Cancino-López, R. J. & Luna-Luna, A. M., 1 male (CNIN). Mexico. Malinalco Malikualli [18.951311; -99.486200], S. Rodríguez, C. Pedraza, E. Nuple, L. García, 30.ix-28.x.2019, 2 males (CARF, CNIN) and 5 females (2 CNIN, 3 CARF).
Distribution. Mexico * (Chiapas, State of Mexico), Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia.
Remarks. The record of this species from Chiapas presented by Chamé-Vázquez et al. (2022) is a misidentification. The correct identification is Cerantichir mexicana sp. nov., described below. Consequently, this is the first record of Cerantichir enderleini in Mexico.