| Intro | Ukrainian/South African biologist | ||
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Professor Educator Scientist Biologist Zoologist Entomologist |
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Russia South Africa |
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Academia Biology Science |
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| Gender | male | ||
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10 September 1905, Kiev, Ukraine |
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| Death |
1 September 1997, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa |
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| Star sign | Virgo | ||
| Residence | Soviet Union | ||
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Boris Ivan Balinsky (23 September 1905, in Kyiv, Russian Empire – 1 September 1997, in Johannesburg, South Africa) was a Ukrainian and South African biologist, embryologist, entomologist, professor of Kiev University and University of the Witwatersrand. Pioneer researcher in the field of experimental embryology, electron microscopy and developmental biology. He was author of popular textbook in embryology An Introduction to Embryology.
Born Ukrainian, a student of Ivan Schmalhausen, he was one of the first to experimentally induce organogenesis in amphibian embryos. Balinsky was a full university professor and the deputy director of the Institute of Biology in Kyiv at 28 years of age. He became a recognized expert in fish and amphibian development. Being victim of Soviet repressions, he remained under German occupation during World War II and fled to Posnan, Poland and later Munich, Germany. Balinsky briefly worked in Scotland in Conrad Hal Waddington’s laboratory on mice embryology. Finally, he went to South Africa to become one of the founders of South African experimental bioscience.
Balinsky also worked in entomology and described new species of Plecoptera, Odonata and moths from the family Pyralidae, mainly from Caucasus and South Africa.
He had a son John B. Balinsky who is also a scientist.
Insects described
Plecoptera
- Pontoperla teberdinica
- Pontoperla katherinae
- Balinskycercella gudu
- Balinskycercella tugelae
- Balinskycercella fontium
Dragonflies
- Agriocnemis pinheyi
- Agriocnemis ruberrima
- Ceratogomphus triceraticus
- Chlorolestes draconicus
- Orthetrum robustum
- Pseudagrion helenae
- Pseudagrion inopinatum
- Pseudagrion vumbaense
- Urothemis luciana
Lepidoptera
New species
- Abachausia grisea
- Acrobasis africanella
- Afromyelois communis
- Afromylea natalica
- Afropsipyla pictella
- Afropsipyla similis
- Ambetilia crucifera
- Ancylosis aeola
- Ancylosis eugraphella
- Ancylosis eurhoda
- Ancylosis glaphyria
- Ancylosis melanophlebia
- Ancylosis mimeugraphella
- Ancylosis montana
- Ancylosis namibiella
- Ancylosis obscurella
- Ancylosis perfervid
- Ancylosis similis
- Apomyelois bicolorata
- Arsissa transvaalica
- Aspithroides minuta
- Azanicola adspersa
- Bahiria defecta
- Bahiria durbanica
- Bahiria flavicosta
- Bahiria latevalvata
- Bahiria macrognatha
- Bahiria magna
- Bahiria similis
- Bahiria ximenianata
- Cabotella inconspicua
- Candiopella dukei
- Cantheleamima excisa
- Ceuthelea umtalensis
- Cunibertoides nigripatagiata
- Emporia melanobasis
- Encryphodes ethiopella
- Epicrocis abbreviata
- Epicrocis ancylosiformis
- Epicrocis arcana
- Epicrocis brevipalpata
- Epicrocis complicata
- Epicrocis coriacelloides
- Epicrocis crassa
- Epicrocis flavicosta
- Epicrocis furcilinea
- Epicrocis gracilis
- Epicrocis imitans
- Epicrocis insolita
- Epicrocis intermedia
- Epicrocis noncapillata
- Epicrocis ornata
- Epicrocis ornatella
- Epicrocis picta
- Epicrocis plumbifasciata
- Epicrocis punctata
- Epicrocis sacculata
- Epicrocis spiculata
- Epicrocis vansoni
- Eucarphia anomala
- Eurhodope nyctosia
- Euzophera crassignatha
- Euzophera crinita
- Euzophera cullinanensis
- Euzophera minima
- Euzophera termivelata
- Euzopherodes capicola
- Faveria dubia
- Faveria fusca
- Faveria ignicephalis
- Faveria minima
- Faveria minuscula
- Faveria nonceracanthia
- Faveria onigra
- Faveria poliostrota
- Flabellobasis montana
- Gaana minima
- Gaana quatra
- Getulia maculosa
- Hobohmia paradoxa
- Homoeosoma masaiensis
- Joannisia heterotypa
- Joannisia jansei
- Joannisia poliopasta
- Joannisia semiales
- Kivia longisacculata
- Laodamia affinis
- Laodamia glaucocephalis
- Laodamia grisella
- Laodamia homotypa
- Laodamia hortensis
- Laodamia inermis
- Laodamia injucunda
- Laodamia karkloofensis
- Laodamia lugubris
- Laodamia nigerrima
- Laodamia nonplagella
- Laodamia pulchra
- Laodamia salisburyensis
- Laodamia sarniensis
- Laodamia similis
- Laodamia spissa
- Laodamia squamata
- Laodamia zoetendalensis
- Leviantenna ferox
- Macrovalva quadrielevata
- Magiriamorpha superpalpia
- Miliberta gnathilata
- Nakurubia sacculata
- Namibicola simplex
- Namibicola splendida
- Namibiopsis punctata
- Nonphycita lineata
- Nyctegretis cullinanensis
- Oncocera affinis
- Oncocera cenochreella
- Oncocera dubia
- Oncocera glaucocephalis
- Oncocera grisella
- Oncocera homotypa
- Oncocera horrens
- Oncocera hortensis
- Oncocera ignicephalis
- Oncocera inermis
- Oncocera injucunda
- Oncocera karkloofensis
- Oncocera lugubris
- Oncocera nigerrima
- Oncocera nonplagella
- Oncocera pulchra
- Oncocera salisburyensis
- Oncocera sarniensis
- Oncocera similis
- Oncocera spiculata
- Oncocera spissa
- Oncocera squamata
- Oncocera zoetendalensis
- Ortholepis polyodonta
- Ortholepis pyrobasis
- Ortholepis unguinata
- Paralaodamia haploa
- Paralaodamia angustata
- Paralaodamia fraudulenta
- Paralaodamia modesta
- Paralaodamia pretoriensis
- Paralaodamia serrata
- Paralaodamia subligaculata
- Paralaodamia transvaalica
- Phycita attenuata
- Phycita exaggerata
- Phycita ligubris
- Phycita randensis
- Phycita singularis
- Phycita spiculata
- Phycita spissoterminata
- Phycita suppenditata
- Phycitophila obscurita
- Phycitopsis insulata
- Pretoria nigribasis
- Proancylosis argenticostata
- Pseudogetulia luminosa
- Pseudographis dermatina
- Pseudographis mesosema
- Psorosa africana
- Pylamorpha albida
- Pylamorpha cristata
- Quasiexuperius rhodesianus
- Ramosignathos inconspicuella
- Samaria inconspicuella
- Sematoneura africana
- Shebania grandis
- Shebania maculata
- Spatulipalpia monstrosa
- Staudingeria mimeugraphella
- Trachypteryx victoriola
- Ulophora flavinia
New genera
- Abachausia
- Afromyelois
- Afromylea
- Afropsipyla
- Ambetilia
- Aspithroides
- Azanicola
- Bahiria
- Cabotella
- Candiopella
- Cantheleamima
- Ceuthelea
- Cunibertoides
- Flabellobasis
- Hobohmia
- Joannisia
- Kivia
- Leviantenna
- Macrovalva
- Magiriamorpha
- Miliberta
- Nakurubia
- Namibicola
- Namibiopsis
- Nonphycita
- Paralaodamia
- Phycitophila
- Proancylosis
- Pseudogetulia
- Pseudographis
- Pylamorpha
- Quasiexuperius
- Ramosignathos
- Shebania
Sources
- Balinsky, Boris (1988). Digital Surrogate of Boris Balinsky Memoir. University of Illinois Archives.
- Korzh, Vladimir (2005). “Boris Balinsky: transition from embryology to developmental biology” (PDF). BioEssays. 27 (9): 970–977. doi:10.1002/bies.20253. PMID 16108077. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23.
- Willis, C.K.; Samways, M.J. Waterdancers of South Africa’s National Botanical Gardens (PDF). SANBI Biodiversity Series. 21. Pretoria, South Africa: South African National Biodiversity Institute. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-919976-68-6.
- Fabian, B. (December 2009). “Balinsky’s Darwinian roots”. South African Journal of Science. 105 (11–12): 410–414. doi:10.4102/sajs.v105i11/12.149.
- E.S. Grossman (2005). “Boris Ivan Balinsky 10 September 1905 — 1 September 1997”. South African Journal of Science. 101 (May/June): 309–312. hdl:10520/EJC96417.
- Desnitskiy, A. G. (2014). “On a contribution of Boris Balinsky to the comparative and ecological embryology of amphibians”. Russian Journal of Developmental Biology. 45 (2): 101–104. doi:10.1134/S1062360414010032. ISSN 1062-3604.