Photocryptus testaceus (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

8. Photocryptus testaceus (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 female specimen emerged from the parasitized nest, the same nest from where emerged a specimen of P. testaceoniger (Taschenberg) (see above); seven unidentified Tachinidae (Diptera) were also reared from the same nest, which also contained six nonparasitized pupae of the sphecid. Parasitoid of Trypoxylon albitarse Fabricius ( Sphecidae, Trypoxyloninae ), new record, reared by Laura Cliffs, in Trinidad, 14.IV.1980. This is probably the record cited in Freeman (1981), but without specific determination. Parasitoid of Trypoxylon nitidum F. Smith ( Sphecidae, Trypoxyloninae ), new record, reared by B.E. Freeman in Trinidad (one specimen from Talpara East, 20.III), 1980.

Examined material. 4 Ƥ and 3 33. AMNH: 1 Ƥ from GUYANA, Bartica District, Katabo, 30.V.1919. BMNH: 2 33 from TRINIDAD, 1980, B. E. Freeman; 1 3, same data except Talpara East; 1 Ƥ, same data except 14.IV.1980, Laura Cliffs. INPA: 1 Ƥ from BRASIL, Roraima, Parque Nacional do Viruá, 12.V.2005, B. Ronchi-Telles; 1 Ƥ: same data except Amazonas, AM-010 Km 31, Embrapa, 15.III.1991, L.P. Albuquerque e J.E.Binda.