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Balcha
cylindrica Walker, 1862
(Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa,
Tanzania, Zambia) |
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Balcha elegans (Masi, 1927) (Tanzania, also India,
Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand) |
Distribution
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Old World (Afrotropical, Australasian,
Oriental and Palaeractic regions), with one species introduced into USA
(Nearctic region).
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Biology |
Parasitoids of wood-boring beetle larvae (Buprestidae). |
Reference |
Gibson, G.A.P. 2005.
The world species of Balcha Walker (Hymenoptera:
Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), parasitoids of wood-boring beetles.
Zootaxa 1033: 1-62. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa)
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