Walter Forster (entomologist)


Walter Forster was a German entomologist.
He worked at the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology and led two scientific collecting trips to South America.

Legacy

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

Publications

  • Forster W. "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Boliviens. XIX. Lepidoptera III. Satyridae". Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München 8: 51–188..
  • Forster, W. & Theodor A. Wohlfahrt Die Schmetterlinge Mitteleuropas Stuttgart.
  • *: Bd. I: Biologie der Schmetterlinge.
  • * : Die Schmetterlinge Mitteleuropas. Bd. II: Tagfalter. Diurna.
  • *Bd. III: Spinner und Schwärmer
  • * Bd. IV: Eulen. –
  • *: Spanner.
He also Walter Forster translated and edited the German edition of A field guide to the butterflies of Britain and Europe by Lionel George Higgins and Norman D. Riley. In doing so, he shifted the focus of the presentation from British to general European conditions and adapted it to new taxonomic findings.