Lycomedes salazari, Pardo-Locarno & Moreno & Rohringer, 2015

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 : 7-8

Key for females of the genus Lycomedes * (Modified from Endrödi 1985)

* Endrödi did not see the female of L. reichei Brème

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Clypeus short, width at base of ocular canthi nearly twice broader than long, on apex slightly narrowed; ocular canthi slightly displaced from the edge of the head, markedly oblique .... 2

Clypeus long, not as wide at the base, markedly narrowed towards the apex; ocular canthi not oblique, nearly horizontal or even emarginated ...................................................................... 3

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Elytra mostly greyish-brown; elytral disc partially punctured, punctures forming some rows; head with clypeus and frons coarsely punctured and rough, posterior interocular space with few or no punctures .......................................................................... L. buckleyi Waterhouse

Elytra nearly totally black, some greyish-brown on the superior epipleural edge; entire elytral surface coarsely punctured and rough, punctures frequently coalescent, forming some irregular rows; head entirely coarsely punctured and rough ..................................... L. salazari n. sp.

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Head broadly and shallowly furrowed along the middle; clypeus very narrow; anterior edge of ocular canthi oblique, markedly emarginated; elytra finely but visibly punctured ................. ....................................................................................................................... L. hirtipes Arrow

Head without furrow along the middle; clypeus broader; anterior edge of ocular canthi nearly horizontal; elytra markedly punctured .................................................................................... 4

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