This species was found in goat pens, associated with triatomines (De Santis et al. 1987).
Holotype deposited at IFML (Instituto y Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina) (Melo et al. 2018); one paratype deposited at MACN (Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Bachmann 1999); and one paratype deposited at Museo de La Plata (MLP) (Coscaron et al. 2015).