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Leptogastrinae
Lasiocnemus griseicinctipes Speiser, 1913
Nomenclature
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Tribe: LeptogastriniGenus: Lasiocnemus
SUMMARY
Head: Black; face silver pruinose, facial swelling indistinct, mystax black, 4 macrosetae; proboscis and palpi black, setae black; occiput grey pruinose, setae black in dorsal half and white in ventral half. Antennae: scape brown, brown setae ventrally, apruinose; pedicel brown, brown setae dorsally and ventrally, grey pruinose; postpedicel brown, grey pruinose; stylus brown, stylus and postpedicel about equal length; apical 'seta-like' sensory element brown. Thorax: Black, anepisternum and dorsal half of katepisternum and anepimeron grey pruinose, remaining parts brown pruinose, anepisternum setae black and katepisternum setae white; scutum bluish-black, predominantly apruinose, margins grey pruinose, surface covered with black setae, black setae on pruinose part; macrosetae: black, 1 notopleural seta, 1 supra-alar seta; scutellum grey pruinose, discal scutellar and scutellar setae long, brown. Legs: dark brown; coxa brown pruinose; prothoracic and mesothoracic femora with erect black setae anteriorly and dorsally, metathoracic femora with erect black setae on all surfaces, clubbed and widest sub-distally; tibiae with erect black setae on all surfaces, prothoracic tibiae with brown cleaning setae in distal half ventrally, metathoracic tibiae with black setae, a few white setae proximally and distally; tarsomeres with black setae, first metathoracic tarsomere with brown setae postero-ventrally; empodium about half length of claw. Wings: length = 4.5–8.0 mm; cell d with only few microtrichia; halter brown. Abdomen: Black; abdominal tergites in proximal two-thirds brown pruinose and in distal one-third grey pruinose, abdominal tergite 2 in proximal half with long black setae laterally, remaining abdominal tergites with short brown setae on brown pruinose area and white setae on grey pruinose area, abdominal sternite 2 apruinose medially remaining part brown pruinose, abdominal sternites 3–4 apruinose proximally and brown pruinose distally, abdominal sternites 5–8 brown pruinose with grey pruinose distal corners.