Terry Lee Erwin

Terry Lee Erwin (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)

• 30 taxon names authored by Terry Lee Erwin

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• 1 eponyms of 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. 

1994

• Erwin, T.L. 1994. Arboreal beetles of tropical forests: the Xystosomi group, subtribe Xystosomina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini). Part I. Character analysis, taxonomy, and distribution. Canadian Entomologist 126(3): 549–666. Reference page. 

2004

• Erwin, T.L. 2004. The beetle family Carabidae of Costa Rica: the genus Epikastea Liebke of the Plochonida Group, with new Neotropical species and notes on their way of life (Insecta: Coleoptera, Lebiini, Agrina). Zootaxa 790: 1–20. PDF DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158726

2011

• Erwin, T.L. & Ball, G.E. 2011. Badister Clairville, 1806: a new species and new continental record for the nominate subgenus in Amazonian Perú (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Licinini). ZooKeys 147: 399-417. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.147.2117 . Reference page. 

2014

• Erwin, T.L. & Zamorano, L.S. 2014. A synopsis of the tribe Lachnophorini, with a new genus of Neotropical distribution and a revision of the Neotropical genus Asklepia Liebke, 1938 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae). ZooKeys 430: 1–108. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.430.8094 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.

2016

• Ashworth, A.C. & Erwin, T.L. 2016. Antarctotrechus balli sp. n. (Carabidae, Trechini): the first ground beetle from Antarctica. ZooKeys 635: 109–122. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.635.10535. Reference page. 
• Boyd, O.F. & Erwin, T.L. 2016. Taxonomic review of New World Tachyina (Coleoptera, Carabidae): descriptions of new genera, subgenera, and species, with an updated key to the subtribe in the Americas. ZooKeys 626: 87–123. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.626.10033. Reference page. 

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.