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Leptogastrinae
Lasiocnemus lugens Loew, 1858
Nomenclature
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Tribe: LeptogastriniGenus: Lasiocnemus
SUMMARY
Head: Black; face brown pruinose, facial swelling indistinct, mystax black with a few white setae laterally, more than 10 macrosetae; proboscis and palpi black, setae black; occiput brown pruinose laterally and grey pruinose medially, setae black. Antennae: scape black, black setae ventrally, apruinose; pedicel black, brown setae dorsally and ventrally, grey pruinose; postpedicel brown, grey pruinose; stylus brown, as long as postpedicel; apical 'seta-like' sensory element hyaline or brown. Thorax: Black, brown pruinose except for scutum and scutellum, anepisternum and katepisternum setae black; scutum black, sometimes red antero-laterally and antero-medially, predominantly apruinose, margins grey pruinose, surface covered with long white setae, white and brown setae on pruinose part; macrosetae: brown, 1 or 2 supra-alar setae; 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 erect black setae on all surfaces, prothoracic tibiae with yellow cleaning setae in distal two-thirds ventrally, metathoracic tibiae with yellow setae disto-ventrally; tarsomeres with black setae, first metathoracic tarsomere with yellow setae postero-ventrally; empodium two-thirds to nearly length of claw. Wings: length = 7.3–10.0 mm; cell d densely covered with microtrichia; halter brown. Abdomen: Black; abdominal tergites brown pruinose anteriorly and grey pruinose posteriorly, abdominal tergite 2 in proximal half with long brown setae laterally, remaining abdominal tergites with short white setae, abdominal sternite 2 in proximal half apruinose and in distal half grey pruinose, abdominal sternites 3–4 grey pruinose, abdominal sternites 5–8 brown pruinose.