Lycoderides aburraensis, Flórez-V & Lapèze & Urban, 2025

Flórez-V, Camilo, Lapèze, Jérémie & Urban, Julie M., 2025, Taxonomic and ecological notes on Lycoderides Sakakibara (Hemiptera: Membracidae), including two new species from the highlands of the Colombian Andes, Zootaxa 5665 (2), pp. 151-186 : 159

Lycoderides species morphologically related to L. serraticornis

We define here the serraticornis group as those species of Lycoderides in which the scutellum is concealed by the pronotum (i.e., not externally visible), and the forewings are at least basally sclerotized and punctuated, with the remaining portion partially transparent hyaline and speckled. This group includes L. abditus , L. aburraensis sp. nov., L. phi , L. santainensis sp. nov., and L. serraticornis .

Lycoderides serraticornis , L. santainensis , and L. abditus exhibit strong sexual dimorphism, with females bearing an anterior pronotal process, while males lack this process and instead present a dorsal elevation. In contrast, both males and females of Lycoderides phi share a similar morphology, each possessing an anterior process resembling that of the females of the aforementioned species ( Lapèze & Lopez-Vaamonde 2024). L. aburraensis is currently known only from a male, which exhibits a morphology consistent with the males of the other species in this group (except L. phi ).