Hermerius impar Newman, 1844

(Figs. 10 H–J, 11F, 14K, 15N, 18A)

Hermerius impar Newman, 1844: 415 . TL: Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Lectotype in BNHM (designated here).

Cnemoplites (Hermerius) impar: Lameere, 1903a: 45; 1919: 40; McKeown, 1947: 9.

Diagnosis. Male of H. impar can be separated to other Hermerius species by the following characters: pronotum and ventral side of the whole thorax bearing relatively long and dense hairs; elytra glabrous; sexual setal patch present on abdominal ventrites 1–5; antennae filiform, with antennomere 3 longer than scape or antennomere 4. Females are densely setose on ventral side of thorax; pronotum bears few hairs laterally; legs are glabrous and smooth, protibia is without teeth along external margin.

Types. Lectotype designated here: male specimen (BNHM-010799794) deposited in BNHM, with the following labels “Ent. Club. 44-12 | Hermerius impar ♂ Newm., Kangaroo Island, 4/5” . Paralectotype female deposited in BNHM, ID as BNHM-010799855.

Material examined (Fig. 18A). Australia: MV (1 ♂): [no data]. South Australia: ANIC (1 ♀): Vivonne Bay, Hall, G.P., Jan. 1976 ; SAM (1 ♂): Kangaroo Island .

Molecular data. BioSample ID: SAMN12650013, SAMN12650048.