Terry Erwin

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Terry Lee Erwin
Born(1940-12-01)December 1, 1940
St. Helena, California, U.S.
DiedMay 11, 2020(2020-05-11) (aged 79)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Alberta
San Jose State University
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology
InstitutionsHarvard University
Smithsonian Institution

Terry Lee Erwin (December 1, 1940 – May 11, 2020)

entomologist with the Smithsonian Institution.[2][3]

Erwin went to

P. Jackson Darlington, Jr. He took up an entomologist position in the United States National Museum (later the Smithsonian Institution) but took a year off to study carabid beetles at the University of Lund under Carl H. Lindroth
.

On return in 1971, Erwin was deputed to examine the beetles of Panama. By fogging the forest canopy with pesticide, he collected the falling specimens and found 1,200 species of beetles living in

number of arthropod species.[4][5]

Erwin served as secretary of the Society of Systematic Biologists from 1973 to 1975,[6] and was the editor in chief of ZooKeys. He described over 20 genera and more than 400 species of insect, and as of 2015 is commemorated in the names of 47 species, two genera, one subfamily and one subspecies.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kimbrough, Liz (15 May 2020). "Legendary entomologist Terry Erwin passes away at age 79". Mongabay Environmental News. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. ^ "SI NMNH Entomology Staff: Terry Erwin". Archived from the original on 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
  3. ^
    PMID 26798278. Archived
    from the original on 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  4. ISBN 0-521-80190-7
    .
  5. PMID 25987869
    .
  6. ^ "SSB - Past Presidents and other Officers". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2007-01-13.
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