Phycitiplex eugrammus ( Porter 1986 )

Porter, Charles C., 2008, New Phycitiplex Porter (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Subandean Desert in northwest Argentina, Insecta Mundi 2008 (56), pp. 1-13 : 3

Phycitiplex eugrammus ( Porter 1986)

Relationships. This elegant red, black and white species differs from all other north Argentine members of Phycitiplex in its stout, inflated female front tibia and strongly compressed ovipositor with vertical ridges on the ventral valve near tip. It also has the propodeum entirely black, a feature shared only with the otherwise not closely related P. eremnus , P. doddi , and P. obscurior .

Habitat and geographic distribution. This species is known only from Yacochuya, a well-watered ravine at 2000 m altitude in Subandean Desert near Cafayate in Salta Province, Argentina. A closely related species, P. euprepes ( Porter 1986) , distinctive by its mostly red propodeum and thoracic pleura, has been collected in subtropical gallery woods at La Balandra and Punta Lara near La Plata, Argentina.