Photocryptus testaceoniger (Taschenberg)

Aguiar, Alexandre P. & Santos, Bernardo F., 2009, Biological synopsis of Photocryptus Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with eight new host records and fourteen new geographic records, Zootaxa 2148, pp. 49-54 : 53

7. Photocryptus testaceoniger (Taschenberg)

Biology. Parasitoid of Sceliphron fistularium ( Sphecidae , Sceliphrinae ), new record, from Parque Nacional do Viruá, Roraima, northern Brazil (1º08’16.5”N, 61º09’32.8”W. One male specimen emerged from the parasitized nest, the same nest from where emerged a specimen of P. t e s t a c e u s (Taschenberg) (see below). Seven unidentified Tachinidae (Diptera) were also reared from the same nest, which also contained six nonparasitized pupae.

Examined material. 1 Ƥ and 1 3. INPA: 1 3 reared from nest of S. fistularium collected in BRASIL, Roraima, Parque Nacional do Viruá, 12.V.2005, B. Ronchi-Telles, nest dissected (destroyed); 5 pupae and 1 3 of S. fistularium , same data. MPEG: 1 Ƥ from BRASIL, Pará, S. Francisco, 02.VI.1979, R. B. Neto.