Lasiocnemus hermanni Janssens, 1952
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.
The species is distinguished from congeners by the entirely brown-stained wing, the few microtrichia in cell d, the entirely black setae on the metathoracic femora and tibiae, and the presence of only short setae on the dorsal surface of the metathoracic tibiae.
Type locality: Malawi, Ruo Valley, 15°53'S 035°39'E.
Afrotropical Region: Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia.
Biodiversity Hotspots sensu Conservation International: Eastern Afromontane.
See this map for an up-to-date distribution map based on specimen records from numerous museum collections.