Chalcedectus balachowskyi Steffan

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Chalcedectidae; Genus: Chalcedectus)

Chalcedectus balachowskyi Steffan, 1968. Holotype ♀ in (MHNG). Type locality: Sur Rosacées, Shiraz (Iran), Sharifi leg., Ex Osphranteria coerulescens, MHNG ENTO 0109385.

Distribution	Iran.
Biology	Host: a larval parastoid of Osphranteria coerulescens Redenbacher (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) boring in Rosa sp. (Rosaceae).
References	Cameron, P. 1884. Fam. Chalcididae. [continued] Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Families Tenthredinidae-Chrysididae.). 1:129-135. Gibson, G.A.P. 2003, Phylogenetics and classification of Cleonyminae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae). Memoirs on Entomology, International 16: 1-339. van Noort S, Gibson GAP, Ranjith AP, Mitroiu M-D. 2026. Revision of Chalcedectidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from the Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions with description of eleven new species. Zootaxa 5781: 1-106. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5781.1.1
Credits	Photographs © Gary Gibson (CNC, Ottawa, Canada). Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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