Lycomedes (Modificada de Endrodi, 1985)

Pardo-Locarno, Luis Carlos, Moreno, Alfonso Villalobos & Rohringer, Román Stechauner, 2015, Nueva especie de Lycomedes Brème, 1844 (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Dynastinae) de los Andes colombianos y clave para identificación de las especies, Insecta Mundi 2015 (455), pp. 1-14 : 7

Key for males of the genus Lycomedes (Based on Endrödi 1985)

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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...................

............................................................................................................ 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........................................................................................ 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

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— 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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