This species is nocturnal, spending the day in small natural refuges, under rocks, bark of trees or hollow trees, or even in nests of birds (Myopsytta monacha cotorra) going out at night, when it can be found attracted by the light of spotlights. It was also found under bark of trees together with Triatoma infestans and Microtomus lunifer in Urundel, Salta province (Wygodzinsky 1950).
Syntype deposited at Museo de La Plata (MLP) (Coscaron et al. 2015).