Boris Ivan Balinsky, Ukrainian-born South African zoologist, embryologist and geneticist (Kiev 10 September 1905 – 01 September 1997)

Performed important studies of comparative embryology and published An Introduction to Embriology (1960) gaining world renown

Discovered the limb induction in Amphibia

GENERA

Described 34 Lepidopteran genera and many new species of Odonata and Plecoptera

 Abachausia 1994

Afromyelois 1991

Afromyela 1994

Afropsipyla 1994  

Ambetilia 1994

Aspithroides 1994

Azanicola 1991

Bahiria 1994

Cabotella 1994

Candiopella 1994

Cantheleamima 1994

Canthelearaima 1994

Ceuthelea 1994

Cunibertoides 1991

Flabellobasis 1991

Hobohmia 1994

Kivia 1994

Leviantenna 1994

Macrovalva 1994

Magiriamorpha 1994

Miliberta 1994

Nakurubia 1994

Namibicola 1991

Namibiopsis 1994

Nonphycita 1994  

Paralaodamia 1994

Phycitophila 1994

Proancylosis 1991

Pseudogetulia 1994

Pseudographis 1989

Pylamorpha 1994

Quasiexuperius 1994

Ramosignathos 1994

Shebania 1991  

HONORS

Honored in genus Balinskycercella Stevens & Picker 1995 (Plecoptera)

www.microscopy.org.za/Documents/Members%20info/Boris.pdf

South African Journal of Science 101:309-12, 2005 (available in Google Docs)