Walter Forster (entomologist)

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Walter Forster
Portrait of Forster by Erich Diller
Born12 July 1910
Hörbach, Bavaria, Germany
Died25 December 1986
Augsburg, Bavaria
NationalityGerman
OccupationEntomologist
Children2; Ernst and Gerhard

Walter Forster (12 July 1910 – 25 December 1986) was a German entomologist.

He worked at the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (Zoologische Staatssammlung München) and led two scientific collecting trips to South America.[1]

Legacy

Forster is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of South American lizard, Liolaemus forsteri.[1]

Publications

Forster W (1964). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Boliviens. XIX. Lepidoptera III. Satyridae". Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München 8: 51–188. (in German).

References

  1. ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Forster", p. 93).

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