Trachysphyrus ocris Porter

Porter, Charles C., 2008, New Trachysphyrus Haliday (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) in the albomarginatus species group from northwestern Argentina, Insecta Mundi 2008 (55), pp. 1-9 : 9

Trachysphyrus ocris Porter

This common species occurs in the montains and foothills of northwestern and west-central Argentina, mostly between 1000 and 3000 m altitude, from Jujuy Province south to Mendoza and prefers semiarid habitats such as the Subandean Desert (Monte) and the Prepuna. It also has been collected at lower altitudes in subtropical deciduous woodland (Chaco Serrano) and even in subtropical wet forest (Selva de las Yungas). It has been reared several times from mud nests of eumenid wasps (Vespoidea) in the genera Pachymenes Saussure and Hypodynerus ( Porter 1967) .