Revision of the Type Material of Ionescu Collection Related to Charipinae Subfamily (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) Deposited in the “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History (Bucharest)

Abstract Charipinae type material of Ionescu collection, deposited in the “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History (Bucharest) has been revised. Eight Charipinae species were described by this author, only one of them being considered valid after this study. They were as follow: Alloxysta lutea (Ionescu, 1969) is a new synonymy of A. brachyptera (Hartig, 1840); A. unicolor Ionescu, 1969 is a new synonymy of A. arcuata (Kieffer, 1902); A. forshagei Pujade-Villar & Ferrer-Suay, 2012, a recent new name proposed to A. bicolor (=Trischiza bicolor Ionescu, 1959), is a new synonymy of Periclistus caninae (Hartig, 1840), a rose gall-wasps inquiline; A. ionescui Pujade-Villar & Ferrer- Suay, 2012, a recent new name proposed to A. luteipes (=Pezophycta luteipes Ionescu, 1969) is a new synonymy of A. halterata (Thomson, 1862); A. mattiasi Pujade-Villar & Ferrer-Suay, 2012, a recent new name proposed to A. luteipes (=Sarothrus luteipes Ionescu, 1959) is considered incertae sedis; Charips rufus Ionescu, 1959 and Charips flavipes Ionescu, 1963 are also considered incertae sedis; and Phaenoglyphis moldavica Ionescu, 1969 is redescribed. Notes on the type material of Ionescu Collection are also given.