Phycitiplex charieis ( Porter 1967 )

Porter, Charles C., 2008, New Phycitiplex Porter (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Subandean Desert in northwest Argentina, Insecta Mundi 2008 (56), pp. 1-13 : 12

Phycitiplex charieis ( Porter 1967)

Relationships. In its long, decurved ovipositor and considerably broadened postpetiole this species resembles P. peralta , but differs in its obscurely punctate second gastric tergite with a dorsally incomplete, or sometimes even more reduced, white subapical band; and in its shorter malar space (0.50-0.60 as long as basal width of mandible).

Material examined. ARGENTINA, La Rioja Province, Sierra de Velasco, Santa Vera Cruz , 1700 m , 3 females, 31-I-2004, 1 female, 10-II-2004, 1 female, 28-II-2004, 2 females, 31-X-2001, 1 female, XII-2000, P. Fidalgo [ AEIC, FSCA, IMLA] .

This species was described by Porter (1967) from material collected near La Plata in Buenos Aires Province and at “Cabanas” in Córdoba Province. More recently ( Porter 1975) six specimens were taken by Malaise trap in Subandean Desert at 1500 m altitude at Los Nacimientos de Abajo in Catamarca Province .