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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eupelmidae » Calosotinae » Balcha » Balcha indica

Species Balcha indica

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Balcha indica - female On common milkweed, near aphids - Balcha indica - female On common milkweed, near aphids - Balcha indica Chalcid Wasp - Balcha indica - female Chalcid Wasp - Balcha indica - female hymenoptera - Balcha indica - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Eupelmidae
Subfamily Calosotinae
Genus Balcha
Species indica (Balcha indica)
Explanation of Names
Balcha indica (Mani & Kaul 1973)
Identification
lateral habitus
Range
native to S./SE. Asia, accidentally introduced in the US (MI, MD-VA)(1) Found in Virginia in 1994.
Food
host: Agrilus planipennis (Emerald Ash Borer)
Life Cycle
Parthenogenetic reproduction has been reported. They may need more than three months to complete a generation.
Remarks
Its possible use as biocontrol of the emerald ash borer is being studied.
"Although males are known from the Old World only females have been recovered in North America, indicating a parthenogenetic form was introduced." Comment here (Gary Gibson)
Print References
Gibson G.A.P. (2005) The world species of Balcha Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), parasitoids of wood-boring beetles. Zootaxa 1033: 1-62 (Full text)
Internet References
J. Insect Science. Jian J. Duan, Philip B. Taylor, and Roger W. Fuester. Biology and Life History of Balcha indica, an Ectoparasitoid Attacking the Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis, in North America. Full article.
Works Cited
1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Contributed by Bob Carlson on 23 March, 2011 - 3:17pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 5 September, 2017 - 5:45pm

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