What \sAlloxysta fulviceps (Curtis, 1838) (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae: Charipinae)? 
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with A. erythrothomx, and according to Kieffer (1902), the 
mesosoma of A. nigriventris is reddish; this also matches A. 
erythrothomx. 
Alloxysta victrix (Westwood, 1833) Hellen, 1963 
Allotria victrix (Westwood, 1833, p. 495). Type: OXUM (according 
to Andrews, 1978, p. 92). 
Cynips fulviceps (Curtis, 1838, p. 688). Type: NMVM n. syn. 
Cynips ruficeps (Zetterstedt, 1838, p. 410). Synonymised by Giraud 
(1860, p. 127). Type: MZLU (according to Evenhuis and Kiriak, 1985, p. 
16). 
Xystus erythrocephalus (Hartig, 1840, p. 199). Synonymised by 
Giraud (1860, p. 127). Type: ZSBS (according to Evenhuis, 1972, p. 211). 
Allotria tritici (Fitch, 1861, p. 841). Synonymised by Menke and 
Evenhuis (1991, p. 147). Type: USNM (according to Menke and 
Evenhuis, 1991, p. 147). 
Allotria ( Allotria ) macrocera (Thomson, 1877, p. 814). Synonymised 
by Dalla Torre and Kieffer (1910, p. 285). Type: MZLU (according to 
Hellen, 1963, p. 4). 
Allotria curvicornis (Cameron, 1883, p. 366). Synonymised by 
Fergusson (1986, p. 11). Type: BMNH (according to Quinlan, 1978, p. 
124). 
Allotria ( Allotria ) luteicornis (Kieffer, 1902, p. 15). Synonymised by 
Evenhuis and Barbotin (1987:, p. 217). Type: NHM, Amiens (according 
to Dessart, 1969, p. 193). 
Allotria ( Allotria ) victrix var luteiceps (Kieffer, 1902, p. 16. 
Synonymised by Evenhuis and Barbotin (1987, p. 217). Type: NHM, 
Amiens (according to Dessart, 1969, p. 194). 
Allotria ( Allotria) luteicornis var lateralis (Kieffer, 1902, p. 70). 
Synonymised by Evenhuis and Barbotin (1987, p. 216). Type: NHM, 
Amiens (according to Dessart, 1969, p. 193). 
Charips areolata (Kieffer, 1909, p. 481). Synonymised by Menke 
and Evenhuis (1991, p. 145). Type: USNM (according to Menke and 
Evenhuis, 1991, p. 145). 
Sarothrus io (Girault, 1932, p. 3). Synonymised by Paretas-Martmez 
and Pujade-Villar (2010, p. 355). Type: QM (according to Paretas- 
Martmez and Pujade-Villar, 2010, p. 355). 
Acknowledgements 
We want to thank sincerely K. Walker and C. McPhee (Museum 
Victoria, Australia) for the comments about the Curtis collection 
and for sending us the type material of Cynips fulviceps treated 
in this study. We also thank J. LaSalle (Commonwealth 
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) and 
J. Paretas-Martmez (UB, Catalunya) for providing us with the 
names of those responsible for the Museum Victoria collections. 
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