Key to the Cybocephalidae of Mexico 1. Head extremely short and broad with very short antennae and slightly concave clypeus; femora and tibiae of the posterior two pairs of legs extremely dilated and laminiform; male with green metallic sheen on head and apical half of pronotum; size >1.5 mm...................................................Pycnocephalus metallicus Sharp 1' Head not short, clypeus of normal size and not concave at the apex; only hind femora dilated, middle femora and tibiae of the posterior two pairs of legs not or only slightly dilated; male without metallic sheen; size <1.5 mm.......................2 2(1') Terminal antennomere of the antennal club rounded (Fig.6-25).............................3 2' Terminal antennomere of the antennal club truncate (Fig. 6-16) or slightly em arginate (Fig. 6-6, 6-7) .............................................. ...... ............. 3(2') Head and pronotum with a greasy appearance; antennal club small, at most only about half the size of the eye........................... Cybocephalus aciculatus Champion 3' Head and pronotum without greasy appearance; antennal club large, about the same size as eye; basal plate and median lobe as in Figs. 6-26-6-28 ........................ ........................................................................... Cybocep halus randalli T R Sm ith 4(2') Terminal antennomere of the antennal club longer than wide (Fig. 6-16); basal plate and median lobe as in Figs. 6-17-6-19 ..............Cybocephalus new species 3 4' Terminal antennomere of the antennal club wider than long .............................5 5(4') M ale basal plate emarginate at the apex ....................................... ............... 6 5' M ale basal plate not em arginate at the apex ........................................ ................7 6(5') Terminal antennomere very short and wide (Fig. 6-2); basal plate with very shallow emargination at the apex (Fig. 6-5); when viewed laterally the median plate on the median lobe only slightly elevated (Fig. 6-4); median lobe as in Fig. 3 ............................................. ................................... Cybocep halus new species 1 6' Terminal antennomere about as long as wide (Fig. 6-33); basal plate deeply emarginate at the apex (Fig. 6-36); when viewed laterally the median plate on the median lobe is extremely elevated (Fig. 6-35); median lobe as in Fig. 34................ ............................................. ................................... Cybocep halus new species 4 7(5') Male basal plate protuberant at the apex (Figs. 6-15, 6-23) .................................8 7' M ale basal plate not protuberant at the apex ........................................ ...............9