TheAlloxysta(Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Charipinae) type material in the United States National Museum of Natural History and the Canadian National Collection of Insects

Abstract

AbstractAlloxystaFörster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) type material of 19 nominal species deposited in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) and the United States National Museum of Natural History (Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America) were studied. Nine species are treated as valid:A. australiae(Ashmead, 1900),A. commensuratusAndrews, 1978,A. japonicus(Ashmead, 1904),A. lachni(Ashmead, 1885),A. longiventrisBaker, 1896,A. minusculaAndrews, 1978,A. nothofagiAndrews, 1976,A. vandenboschiAndrews, 1978, andA. xanthopsis(Ashmead, 1896). The following synonymies are established:A. affinis(Baker, 1896) andA. quebeciAndrews, 1978 junior synonyms ofA. castanea(Hartig, 1841);A. alaskensisAshmead, 1902 andA. coniferensisAndrews, 1978 junior synonyms ofA. macrophadna(Hartig, 1841);A. bicolor(Baker, 1896) andA. anthracinaAndrews, 1978 junior synonyms ofA. obscurata(Hartig, 1840);A. dicksoniAndrews, 1978 junior synonym ofA. pilipennis(Hartig, 1840); andA. leguminosa(Weld, 1920),A. megourae(Ashmead, 1887), andA. rauchiAndrews, 1978 junior synonyms ofA. brevis(Thomson, 1862). The type material ofA. schlingeriAndrews, 1978 andA. halliAndrews, 1978 could not be found and we consider them asnomina dubia. Alloxysta vandenboschiAndrews is removed from synonymy withA. obscurataand considered a valid species. Comments on the type material are given. Complete redescriptions and images are presented for the valid species.