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Leptogastrinae
Lasiocnemus hermanni Janssens, 1952
Nomenclature
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Tribe: LeptogastriniGenus: Lasiocnemus
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SUMMARY
Head: Black; face brown pruinose, facial swelling indistinct, mystax black with few white setae laterally, 8–12 macrosetae; proboscis and palpi black, setae black; occiput grey pruinose, setae black. Antennae: scape brown, black setae dorsally and ventrally, apruinose; pedicel brown, brown setae dorsally and ventrally, grey pruinose; postpedicel brown, grey pruinose; stylus brown, about two-thirds length of postpedicel; apical 'seta-like' sensory element brown. Thorax: Black, anepisternum and dorsal half of katepisternum and anepimeron grey pruinose, remaining parts brown pruinose, anepisternum and katepisternum setae brown; scutum black, red antero-laterally and antero-medially, predominantly apruinose, margins grey pruinose, surface covered with white setae, white and black setae on pruinose part; macrosetae: black, 1 notopleural seta, 1 supra-alar seta; scutellum grey pruinose, discal scutellar and scutellar setae long, black. Legs: brown; coxa brown pruinose; prothoracic and mesothoracic femora with erect black setae anteriorly and dorsally, metathoracic femora with erect black setae on all surfaces which are longest posteriorly, clubbed and widest sub-distally; tibiae with erect black setae on all surfaces, prothoracic and mesothoracic tibiae with fewer setae dorsally, metathoracic tibiae with these setae longest in proximal two-thirds ventrally, setae short dorsally, prothoracic tibiae with yellow cleaning setae in distal half ventrally, metathoracic tibiae with yellow setae distally; tarsomeres with black setae, first metathoracic tarsomere with yellow setae postero-ventrally; empodium three-quarters length of claw. Wings: length = 9.5–10.5 mm; cell d with only few microtrichia, wing nearly uniformly brown stained, wing pattern Fig. 13; halter brown. Abdomen: Black; abdominal tergites 2–5 brown pruinose anteriorly and grey pruinose posteriorly, T6–8 bluish-grey pruinose, abdominal tergite 2 in proximal half with only few brown setae laterally, remaining abdominal tergites with short white setae, abdominal sternite 2 in proximal half apruinose and in distal half brown pruinose, abdominal sternites 3–4 brown pruinose, abdominal sternites 5–8 black or bluish-grey pruinose.