Nueva especie de Lycomedes Brème, 1844 (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Dynastinae) de los Andes colombianos y clave para identificación de las especies
Author
Pardo-Locarno, Luis Carlos
Author
Moreno, Alfonso Villalobos
Author
Rohringer, Román Stechauner
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Insecta Mundi
2015
2015-12-11
2015
455
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5182933
1942-1354
5182933
E0CB6BFA-5A3A-4342-A6EA-87E7F576F4E8
Key for males of the genus
Lycomedes
(Based on
Endrödi 1985
)
1.
—
Cephalic horn trifurcate, behind the two lateral teeth and the third one projected backwards;
pronotal horn flat, sides parallel, horn tip slightly notched;
30-33 mm
;
Ecuador
...................
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L
.
buckleyi
Waterhouse
Cephalic
horn apically bifurcate, if any, with a tooth or a basal branching ..............................
2
2(1).
—
Cephalic horn, near to basis with a high bifurcated ramification; pronotum horn erect and short;
30 mm
;
Colombia
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L. ramosus
Arrow
Cephalic
horn only distally bifurcated, basally with or without a tooth ...................................
3
3(2).
—
Cephalic horn basally with a tooth; horn and superior cephalic edge, lengthwise furrowed, basal tooth consists of two paired keels;
26-30 mm
;
Colombia
............................
L. reichei
Brème
Cephalic
horn and superior edge toothless, at most with a rounded dilation ...........................
4
4(3).
—
Cephalic horn lacking furrows on superior edge .........................................................................
5
Cephalic horn with a superior edge furrowed, both furrow sides with a high and sharp keel.
7
5(4).
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