Alloxysta proxima Belizin, 1962

Ferrer-Suay, Mar, Selfa, Jesús, Villemant, Claire & Pujade-Villar, Juli, 2015, Charipinae Dalla Torre & Kieffer, 1910 (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) from the Mercantour National Park (Alpes-Maritimes, France), with descriptions of three new species, Zoosystema 37 (1), pp. 115-138 : 128-129

Alloxysta proxima Belizin, 1962

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Alloxysta proxima Belizin, 1962: 128 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — (7♀). M9-BOR2000- T5 -M2: 1♀ ; M9- SES2000- T2 -M1: 1♀ ; M9-SES2000- T5 -M1: 1♀ ; M09-SES2000- T3 - M2: 1♀ ; M09-SES2000- T6 -M2: 1♀ ; M10-CAI2000- T1 -M1: 1♀ ; M10-CAI2000- T4 -M1: 1♀. 3 ♀ deposited at MNHN and 4♀ at UB .

DISTRIBUTION. — Species previously known from the Palaearctic (Ferrer-Suay et al. 2012a). First record from France.

HOSTS. — Unknown.

DIAGNOSIS. — Alloxysta proxima is characterized by: a completely open radial cell, 2.3 × longer than wide ( Fig. 3R ); pronotal carinae and propodeal carinae absent; female antenna with rhinaria beginning from F4, F1 longer than pedicel, F2 longer than F1, F2 longer than F3, F3 subequal to F4 ( Fig. 2R ). Male unknown. This combination of features is not known in any other species of Alloxysta .

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FIG. 2. — Types of Alloxysta Förster, 1869 antennae: A, A. abdera Fergusson, 1986; B, A. arcuata (Kieffer, 1902); C, A. brachycera Hellén, 1963; D, A. brevis (Thomson, 1862); E, A. castanea (Hartig, 1841); F, A. circumscripta (Hartig, 1841); G, A. citripes (Thomson, 1862); H, A. fracticornis (Thomson, 1862); I, A. conso- brina (Zetterstedt, 1838); J, A. longipennis (Hartig, 1841); K, A. macrophadna (Hartig, 1841); L, A. melanogaster (Hartig, 1840); M, A. mullensis (Cameron, 1883); N, A. nigrita (Thomson, 1862); O, A. obscurata (Hartig, 1840); P, A. pilipennis (Hartig, 1840); Q, A. postica (Hartig, 1841); R, A. proxima Belizin, 1962; S, A. pusilla (Kieffer, 1902); T, A. victrix (Westwood, 1833). Scale bars: 50 μm.

FIG. 3. — Types of Alloxysta Förster, 1869 radial cells: A, A. abdera Fergusson, 1986; B, A. arcuata (Kieffer, 1902); C, A. brachycera Hellén, 1963; D, A. brevis (Thomson,1862); E, A. castanea (Hartig, 1841); F, A. circumscripta (Hartig, 1841); G, A. citripes (Thomson, 1862); H, A. fracticornis (Thomson,1862); I, A. conso- brina (Zetterstedt, 1838); J, A. longipennis (Hartig, 1841); K, A. macrophadna (Hartig, 1841); L, A. melanogaster (Hartig, 1840); M, A. mullensis (Cameron, 1883); N, A. nigrita (Thomson, 1862); O, A. obscurata (Hartig, 1840); P, A. pilipennis (Hartig, 1840); Q, A. postica (Hartig, 1841); R, A. proxima Belizin, 1962; S, A. pusilla (Kieffer, 1902); T, A. victrix (Westwood, 1833). Scale bars: 50 μm.