Boris Balinsky

Borys Ivanovych Balinsky (23 September 1905 – 1 September 1997) was a Ukrainian-South African biologist, embryologist, entomologist.

A professor at Kiev University and later the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Balinsky was a pioneer researcher in the field of experimental embryology, electron microscopy and developmental biology and the author of a popular textbook in embryology An Introduction to Embryology.

Early life and education Balinsky was born 23 September 1905, in Kiev, His love of etymology began with a book he received in 1916 on collecting butterflies, as well as with the summers he spent in the village of Severinovka, where his grandfather kept bees.

He was a student of the Soviet zoologist and evolutionary biologist, Ivan Schmalhausen,

Career Balinsky became a full university professor at Kiev University in 1933 at age 28 and the deputy director of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences two years later in 1935. After the closing of the UNRRA University in 1947, Balinsky also briefly worked in Scotland in Conrad Hal Waddington's laboratory on mice embryology from 1947 to 1949. He was appointed Head of Zoology at the school, serving from 1954 to 1973. In 1960, drawing from the courses he taught at Witwatersrand, Balinsky published the An Introduction to Embryology, which became one of the most widely used Embryology textbook worldwide and served as a foundational textbook in the field for years to come. He also served as Witwatersrand's Dean of the Faculty of Science from 1965 to 1967 He served as the President of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa in 1966.

Balinsky also worked in entomology and described new species of Plecoptera, Odonata and moths from the family Pyralidae, mainly from Caucasus and South Africa.

Death and legacy He died at home in Johannesburg on 1 September 1997, aged 91. His son John Balinsky also studied and became a scientist. John Balinsky went on to work for the University Witwatersrand and served as the chairman for the Department of Zoology at Iowa State University.

Insects described

Plecoptera Pontoperla teberdinica Balinsky, 1950 Pontoperla katherinae Balinsky Balinskycercella gudu Balinsky, 1956 Balinskycercella tugelae Balinsky, 1956 Balinskycercella fontium Balinsky, 1956

Dragonflies Agriocnemis pinheyi Balinsky, 1963 Agriocnemis ruberrima Balinsky, 1961 Ceratogomphus triceraticus Balinsky, 1963 Chlorolestes draconicus Balinsky, 1956 Orthetrum robustum Balinsky, 1965 Pseudagrion helenae Balinsky, 1964 Pseudagrion inopinatum Balinsky, 1971 Pseudagrion vumbaense Balinsky, 1963 Urothemis luciana Balinsky, 1961

Lepidoptera

New species Abachausia grisea Balinsky, 1994 Acrobasis africanella Balinsky, 1994 Afromyelois communis Balinsky, 1991 Afromylea natalica Balinsky, 1994 Afropsipyla pictella Balinsky, 1994 Afropsipyla similis Balinsky, 1994 Ambetilia crucifera Balinsky, 1994 Ancylosis aeola Balinsky, 1987 Ancylosis eugraphella Balinsky, 1987 Ancylosis eurhoda Balinsky, 1989 Ancylosis glaphyria Balinsky, 1987 Ancylosis melanophlebia Balinsky, 1989 Ancylosis mimeugraphella Balinsky, 1989 Ancylosis montana Balinsky, 1989 Ancylosis namibiella Balinsky, 1987 Ancylosis obscurella Balinsky, 1989 Ancylosis perfervid Balinsky, 1989 Ancylosis similis Balinsky, 1987 Apomyelois bicolorata Balinsky, 1991 Arsissa transvaalica Balinsky, 1991 Aspithroides minuta Balinsky, 1994 Azanicola adspersa Balinsky, 1991 Bahiria defecta Balinsky, 1994 Bahiria durbanica Balinsky, 1994 Bahiria flavicosta Balinsky, 1994 Bahiria latevalvata Balinsky, 1994 Bahiria macrognatha Balinsky, 1994 Bahiria magna Balinsky, 1994 Bahiria similis Balinsky, 1994 Bahiria ximenianata Balinsky, 1994 Cabotella inconspicua Balinsky, 1994 Candiopella dukei Balinsky, 1994 Cantheleamima excisa Balinsky, 1994 Ceuthelea umtalensis Balinsky, 1994 Cunibertoides nigripatagiata Balinsky, 1991 Emporia melanobasis Balinsky, 1991 Encryphodes ethiopella Balinsky, 1991 Epicrocis abbreviata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis ancylosiformis Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis arcana Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis brevipalpata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis complicata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis coriacelloides Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis crassa Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis flavicosta Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis furcilinea Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis gracilis Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis imitans Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis insolita Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis intermedia Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis noncapillata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis ornata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis ornatella Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis picta Balinsky, 1991 Epicrocis plumbifasciata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis punctata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis sacculata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis spiculata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis vansoni Balinsky, 1994 Eucarphia anomala Balinsky, 1994 Eurhodope nyctosia Balinsky, 1991 Euzophera crassignatha Balinsky, 1994 Euzophera crinita Balinsky, 1994 Euzophera cullinanensis (Balinsky, 1991) Euzophera minima Balinsky, 1994 Euzophera termivelata Balinsky, 1994 Euzopherodes capicola Balinsky, 1994 Faveria dubia Balinsky, 1994 Faveria fusca Balinsky, 1994 Faveria ignicephalis Balinsky, 1994 Faveria minima Balinsky, 1994 Faveria minuscula Balinsky, 1994 Faveria nonceracanthia Balinsky, 1994 Faveria onigra Balinsky, 1994 Faveria poliostrota Balinsky, 1994 Flabellobasis montana Balinsky, 1991 Gaana minima Balinsky, 1994 Gaana quatra Balinsky, 1994 Getulia maculosa Balinsky, 1994 Hobohmia paradoxa Balinsky, 1994 Homoeosoma masaiensis Balinsky, 1991 Joannisia heterotypa Balinsky, 1994 Joannisia jansei Balinsky, 1994 Joannisia poliopasta Balinsky, 1994 Joannisia semiales Balinsky, 1994 Kivia longisacculata Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia affinis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia glaucocephalis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia grisella Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia homotypa Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia hortensis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia inermis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia injucunda Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia karkloofensis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia lugubris Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia nigerrima Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia nonplagella Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia pulchra Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia salisburyensis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia sarniensis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia similis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia spissa Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia squamata Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia zoetendalensis Balinsky, 1994 Leviantenna ferox Balinsky, 1994 Macrovalva quadrielevata Balinsky, 1994 Magiriamorpha superpalpia Balinsky, 1994 Miliberta gnathilata Balinsky, 1994 Nakurubia sacculata Balinsky, 1994 Namibicola simplex Balinsky, 1994 Namibicola splendida Balinsky, 1991 Namibiopsis punctata Balinsky, 1994 Nonphycita lineata Balinsky, 1994 Nyctegretis cullinanensis Balinsky, 1991 Oncocera affinis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera cenochreella Ragonot, 1888 Oncocera dubia Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera glaucocephalis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera grisella Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera homotypa Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera horrens Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera hortensis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera ignicephalis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera inermis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera injucunda Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera karkloofensis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera lugubris Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera nigerrima Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera nonplagella Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera pulchra Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera salisburyensis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera sarniensis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera similis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera spiculata Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera spissa Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera squamata Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera zoetendalensis Balinsky, 1994 Ortholepis polyodonta Balinsky, 1991 Ortholepis pyrobasis Balinsky, 1991 Ortholepis unguinata Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia haploa Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia angustata Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia fraudulenta Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia modesta Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia pretoriensis Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia serrata Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia subligaculata Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia transvaalica Balinsky, 1994 Phycita attenuata Balinsky, 1994 Phycita exaggerata Balinsky, 1994 Phycita ligubris Balinsky, 1994 Phycita randensis Balinsky, 1994 Phycita singularis Balinsky, 1994 Phycita spiculata Balinsky, 1994 Phycita spissoterminata Balinsky, 1994 Phycita suppenditata Balinsky, 1994 Phycitophila obscurita Balinsky, 1994 Phycitopsis insulata Balinsky, 1994 Pretoria nigribasis Balinsky, 1994 Proancylosis argenticostata Balinsky, 1991 Pseudogetulia luminosa Balinsky, 1994 Pseudographis dermatina Balinsky, 1989 Pseudographis mesosema Balinsky, 1989 Psorosa africana Balinsky, 1991 Pylamorpha albida Balinsky, 1994 Pylamorpha cristata Balinsky, 1994 Quasiexuperius rhodesianus Balinsky, 1994 Ramosignathos inconspicuella Balinsky, 1994 Samaria inconspicuella Balinsky, 1994 Sematoneura africana Balinsky, 1994 Shebania grandis Balinsky, 1991 Shebania maculata Balinsky, 1991 Spatulipalpia monstrosa Balinsky, 1994 Staudingeria mimeugraphella Balinsky, 1989 Trachypteryx victoriola Balinsky, 1991 Ulophora flavinia Balinsky, 1994

New genera Abachausia Balinsky, 1994 Afromyelois Balinsky, 1991 Afromylea Balinsky, 1994 Afropsipyla Balinsky, 1994 Ambetilia Balinsky, 1994 Aspithroides Balinsky, 1994 Azanicola Balinsky, 1991 Bahiria Balinsky, 1994 Cabotella Balinsky, 1994 Candiopella Balinsky, 1994 Cantheleamima Balinsky, 1994 Ceuthelea Balinsky, 1994 Cunibertoides Balinsky, 1991 Flabellobasis Balinsky, 1991 Hobohmia Balinsky, 1994 Joannisia Balinsky, 1994 Kivia Balinsky, 1994 Leviantenna Balinsky, 1994 Macrovalva Balinsky, 1994 Magiriamorpha Balinsky, 1994 Miliberta Balinsky, 1994 Nakurubia Balinsky, 1994 Namibicola Balinsky, 1991 Namibiopsis Balinsky, 1994 Nonphycita Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia Balinsky, 1994 Phycitophila Balinsky, 1994 Proancylosis Balinsky, 1991 Pseudogetulia Balinsky, 1994 Balinsky, 1989 Pylamorpha Balinsky, 1994 Quasiexuperius Balinsky, 1994 Ramosignathos Balinsky, 1994 Shebania Balinsky, 1991