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Revision of V.I. Belizin’s type material of Alloxysta (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Charipinae) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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A revision of the type material of species of the genus Alloxysta described by V.I. Belizin deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is provided. Six Alloxysta species were studied, three of which are valid: A. aurata Belizin, 1968, A. proxima Belizin, 1962, and A. salicicola Belizin, 1973. Valid species are completely re-described and their diagnostic characters are illustrated. Three remaining species are synonymised with other species of this genus: Alloxysta brevicella Belizin, 1966 with A. citripes (Thomson, 1862), A. capillata Belizin, 1962 with A. castanea (Hartig, 1841), and A. contineus (Belizin, 1962) with A. victrix (Westwood, 1833). The characters used to establish these new synonymies are also illustrated.