''Alloxysta'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family
Figitidae
Figitidae is a family of parasitoid wasps. The full diversity of this wasp family is not yet known, but about 1400 species have been described to over 130 genera. For example, the largest subfamily, Eucoilinae (previously considered as a separa ...
.
The genus was described by German entomologist
Arnold Förster
Arnold Förster (20 January 1810 – 13 August 1884) was a German entomologist, who worked mainly on Coleoptera and Hymenoptera.
Life
Arnold Förster was born on 20 January 1810 in Aachen, Germany, where he died on 12 August 1884. He was Oberleh ...
in 1869.
Taxonomy
Förster described the genus in 1863, naming ''
A. macrophadna'' as the type species..
Distribution
The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
References
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Figitidae
Taxa described in 1869
Taxa named by Arnold Förster
Hymenoptera genera