Balcha (wasp)
| Balcha | |
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| Balcha indica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Eupelmidae |
| Subfamily: | Calosotinae |
| Genus: | Balcha Walker, 1862 |
Balcha is a genus of chalcid wasps in the family Eupelmidae. There are about 16 described species in Balcha.[1][2][3][4] They are parasitoids of xylophagous (wood-boring) beetles.[5]
Balcha species are found in the Old World (Afrotropical, Australasian, Oriental and Palearctic realms). B. indica has been found in North America, probably as a result of accidental introduction.[5]
Species
[edit]These 16 species belong to the genus Balcha:
- Balcha anemeta (Walker, 1846) c g
- Balcha camptogastra Gibson, 2005 c g
- Balcha cylindrica Walker, 1862 c g
- Balcha dictyota Gibson, 2005 c g
- Balcha elegans (Masi, 1927) c g
- Balcha enoptra Gibson, 2005 c g
- Balcha eximia (Masi, 1927) c g
- Balcha eximiassita Gibson, 2005 c g
- Balcha indica (Mani & Kaul, 1973) c g b
- Balcha laciniosa Gibson, 2005 c g
- Balcha levicollis (Cameron, 1908) c g
- Balcha punctiscutum Gibson, 2005 c g
- Balcha reburra Gibson, 2005 c g
- Balcha reticulata (Nikol'skaya, 1952) c g
- Balcha reticulifrons Gibson, 2005 c g
- Balcha splendida (Girault, 1927) c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[6] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ a b "Balcha". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ a b "Balcha Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ Noyes, J.S. (2018). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ a b Gibson, G. A. (2005). The world species of Balcha Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), parasitoids of wood-boring beetles. Zootaxa, 1033(1), 1-62. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1033.1.1]
- ^ "Browse Balcha". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
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