Photocryptus photomorphus Viereck

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 : 52-53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.188693
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6216977
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scientific name	Photocryptus photomorphus Viereck
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6. Photocryptus photomorphus Viereck View in CoL

Biology. Parasitoid of a species of Sceliphron ( Sphecidae , Sceliphrinae ) according to Schrottky (1915), at Puerto Cantera, Paraguay (27º11’58”S 55º38’25”W); Schrottky reports females using the ovipositor as a drill to dig into the clay of the host’s nests. Also reported as parasitoid of Brachymenes dyscherus (Saussure) by the same author in the same site.

Examined material. 5 Ƥ, including pictures of the holotype of Distantella fisheri. BMNH: 1 Ƥ from BRAZIL, Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia, 27º11’S, 52º23’ W, 7.XII.1937, Fritz Plaumann; 1 Ƥ, same data except 14.VII.1935; 1 Ƥ, same data except 8.II.1937. UFES: 1 Ƥ from BRASIL, Espírito Santo, Pancas, Fazenda Juliberto Stur, Area 2, 19º12’54.8”S, 40º47’52.5” W, 24-31.I.2003, Malaise trap, M.T. Tavares, C.O. Azevedo et al.