Terry Lee Erwin

Terry Lee Erwin (1 December 1940-12-01 – 2020-05-12), U.S. entomologist.

• Hyper-diversity Group, Department of Entomology, MRC-187, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, P.O. Box 37012, DC 20013-7012, USA.
• Editor-in-Chief, Zookeys.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 26 taxon names authored by Terry Lee Erwin

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1965

• Erwin T.L., 1965: A Revision of Brachinus of North America: Part I. The California Species (Coleoptera: Carabidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 19, 1-19.
• Erwin T.L., 1965: Trachykele opulenta Fall (Buprestidae) emerging from furniture. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 41, 68.

1966

• Erwin T.L., 1966: Brachinus pallidus Erwin, a carabid beetle with an entomophagous larva. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 42, 73.
• Erwin T.L., 1966: Cyphon sp. (Helodidae) reared from tree hole. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 42, 68.

1967

• Erwin T.L., 1967: Bombardier beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of North America: Part II. Biology and behavior of Brachinus pallidus Erwin in California. The Coleopterists Bulletin 21(2): 41–55.
• Erwin T.L., 1967: Fire: A possible zoogeographic isolation mechanism of the Mexican Transvolcanic Belt. Proceedings of the Entomological Sociey of Albert, 15, 9.

1969

• Ball, G.E., Erwin T.L., 1969: A taxonomic synopsis of the Tribe Loricerini (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Canadadian Journal of Zoology, 47, 877-907.
• Erwin T.L., 1969: A new bombardier beetle in Canada (Col: Carabide). Opuscula Entomologica, 34, 283-286.
• Erwin T.L., 1969 Preliminary diagnoses of five new North American Brachinus (Col: Carabidae). Opuscula Entomologica, 34, 287-288.

1974

• Erwin, T.L. 1974. Studies of the subtribe Tachyina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini) supplement A: Lectotype designations for New World species, two new genera, and notes on generic concepts. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 76: 123–155. BHL Reference page. 

2015

• Erwin, T.L., Micheli, C. & Chaboo, C.S. 2015. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Carabidae. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 88(2): 151–162. DOI: 10.2317/kent-88-02-151-162.1 . JSTOR.

2020

• Erwin, T.L., Kavanaugh, D.H. & Maddison, D.R. 2020. After 157 years, a second specimen and species of the phylogenetically enigmatic and previously monobasic genus Nototylus Gemminger & Harold, 1868 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Nototylini). ZooKeys, 927: 65–74. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.927.49584 Reference page. 

Biography

• Kavanaugh, D.H. 2020. Memories of a Beloved Friend. In Memoriam of Terry Lee Erwin (1 December 1940 – 11 May 2020). ZooKeys, 936: 149–152. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.936.54751 Reference page. 
• Pensoft 2015. Celebrating with the ‘beetle’ man: Terry Erwin’s 75th birthday. ZooKeys, 541: 1–40. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.541.7316 Full article Reference page.