Walter Forster (entomologist)

German entomologist

Walter Forster
Portrait of Forster by Erich Diller
Born	12 July 1910 Hörbach, Bavaria, Germany
Died	25 December 1986 Augsburg, Bavaria
Nationality	German
Occupation	Entomologist
Children	2

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

^ ^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).