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)

• 76 taxon names authored by Terry Lee Erwin

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• 3 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.

1971

• Erwin, T.L. 1971: Fossil tachyine beetles from Mexican and Baltic amber. Entomologica scandinavica 2(3): 233–236. DOI: 10.1163/187631271X00239 Reference page. 

1972

• Erwin, T.L. 1972 Two new genera of bembidiine carabid beetles from Australia and South America with notes on their phylogenetic and zoogeographic significance (Coleoptera). Breviora 383: 1–19. BHL BioStor Reference page. 

1973

• Erwin, T.L. 1973. Studies of the subtribe Tachyina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini), Part I: A revision of the Neotropical genus Xystosomus Schaum. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 140: 1–39. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.140 Reference page. 

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. 

1978

• Erwin, T.L. 1978. Studies of the subtribe Tachyina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini), Supplement C: Discovery of the sister group of Mioptachys Bates, in the Amazon Basin -- Inpa psydroides a new genus and species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 32: 29–36. JSTOR 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. The Canadian Entomologist 126(3): 549–666. Reference page. 

2002

• Erwin, T.L. 2002. The beetle family Carabidae of Costa Rica: twenty-nine new species of Agra Fabricius 1801 (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina). Zootaxa 119: 1–68. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page. 

2004

• Erwin, T.L. 2004. The beetle family Carabidae of Costa Rica and Panamá: descriptions of four new genera and six new species with notes on their way of life (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zootaxa 537: 1–18. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.537.1.1, PDF Reference page. 
• 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

2008

• Erwin, T.L. & Geraci, C.J. 2008. New genera of Pseudomorphini (Insecta: Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the Western Hemisphere. Pp. 77–100 in: Penev, L.; Erwin, T.L.; Assmann, T. (eds): Back to the Roots and back to the future: towards a new synthesis between taxonomic, ecological, and biogeographical approaches in carabidology. Proceedings of the XIII European Carabidologists Meeting, Blagoevgrad, August 20-24, 2007. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria. [1] Reference page. 
• Sallenave, S., Erwin, T.L. & Roig-Juñent, S. 2008. Argentinatachoides, a new genus from Argentina putatively related to the Australian-Tasmanian Tasmanitachoides Erwin, 1972 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini). Annals of Carnegie Museum 77(1): 7–12. DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463-77.1.7 Reference page. 

2010

• Erwin, T.L., Toledano, L. & Maddison, D.R. 2010. New enigmatic species of ground beetles from stream margins and scree in the Andes of South America (Carabidae, Trechitae, Andinodontis n. gen.). Entomologische Blätter 106: 73–88. Reference page. 

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. 

2012

• Erwin, T.L., Micheli, C.J. & Hevel, G.F. 2012. Neotropical beetles of Guyane: Genera of the family Carabidae (Coleoptera) with notes on species richness currently known from the literature and recent collections. In: Touroult, J. (coord.). Contribution à l’étude des coléoptères de Guyane. Supplément au Bulletin de liaison d’ACOREP-France Le Coléoptériste 5: 1–88. Reference page. 
• Mawdsley, J.R., Erwin, T.L., Sithole, H. & Mawdsley, A.S. 2012. A synopsis of the genus Cypholoba Chaudoir (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Anthiini) known to occur in the Republic of South Africa. ZooKeys 181: 23–43. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.181.2984 Reference page. 

2013

• Erwin, T.L. & Amundson, L.M. 2013. Beetles that live with ants (Carabidae, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorpha Kirby, 1825): A revision of the santarita species group. ZooKeys 362: 29–54. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.362.6300 Reference page. 
• Stoev, P., Penev, L., Akkari, N., Cheung, D.K.-B., Enghoff, H., Brunke, A., Souza, C.M. de, Pape, T., Mietchen, D. & Erwin, T. 2013. Revolving images and multi-image keys open new horizons in descriptive taxonomy: ZooKeys working examples. ZooKeys 328: 1-3. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.328.6171 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. 
• Touroult, J., Boucher, S., Asenjo, A., Ballerio, A., Santos, P.B., Boilly, O., Chassain, J., Cline, A.R., Constantin, R., Dalens, P.-H., Dégallier, N., Deuhrle, C., Erwin, T.L., Flechtmann, C.A.H., Gonzales, D., Gustafson, G.T., Herrmann, A., Jameson, M.L., Leblanc, P., Lohez, D., Mantilleri, A., Almeida, L.M., Ponchel, Y., Queney, P., Rojkoff, S., Rheinheimer, J., Witté, I., Yvinec, J.-H. & Brûlé, S. 2014. Combien y-a-t-il d'espèces de coléoptères en Guyane ? Une première analyse du référentiel TAXREF. In: Touroult, J. (coord.). Contribution à l’étude des coléoptères de Guyane. Supplément au Bulletin de liaison d’ACOREP-France Le Coléoptériste 8: 3–18. ResearchGate 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. 

2018

• Erwin, T.L. & Aldebron, C. 2018. Neotropical Thoasia Liebke, 1939 and Straneotia Mateu, 1961 of the Cryptobatida group, subtribe Agrina: Taxonomic revisions with notes on their ways of life (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini). ZooKeys 742: 57–90. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.742.22900. 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. 

2021

• Peterson, K.N.R., Browne, R.A. & Erwin, T.L. 2021. Carabid beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) richness, diversity, and community structure in the understory of temporarily flooded and non-flooded Amazonian forests of Ecuador. Pp 831–876 In Spence, J.R., Casale, A., Assmann, T., Liebherr, J.K & Penev, L. (eds.). Systematic Zoology and Biodiversity Science: A tribute to Terry Erwin (1940-2020). ZooKeys 1044: 1–1042. Reference page.  DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1044.62340 Reference page. 

Biography

• Assmann, T. 2021. Terry Erwin’s legacy: from taxonomy and natural history to biodiversity research and conservation biology. Pp 23–39 In Spence, J.R., Casale, A., Assmann, T., Liebherr, J.K & Penev, L. (eds.). Systematic Zoology and Biodiversity Science: A tribute to Terry Erwin (1940-2020). ZooKeys 1044: 1–1042. Reference page.  DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1044.68650 Reference page. 
• Grammer, J.B. 2021. Inspiration by estimation – how Terry Erwin affected my entomophilic attitude and most likely that of many other amateur entomologists. Pp 993–999 In Spence, J.R., Casale, A., Assmann, T., Liebherr, J.K & Penev, L. (eds.). Systematic Zoology and Biodiversity Science: A tribute to Terry Erwin (1940-2020). ZooKeys 1044: 1–1042. Reference page.  DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1044.62666 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Penev, L., Casale, A. & Banalieva, Y. 2021. Additions to the lists of publications of Terry Erwin, taxa described by him and named after him after 2015. Pp 1037–1042 In Spence, J.R., Casale, A., Assmann, T., Liebherr, J.K & Penev, L. (eds.). Systematic Zoology and Biodiversity Science: A tribute to Terry Erwin (1940-2020). ZooKeys 1044: 1–1042. Reference page.  DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1044.69603 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. 
• Servat, G.P. 2021. Terry L. Erwin and the race to document biodiversity (1940–2020). Pp 3–22 In Spence, J.R., Casale, A., Assmann, T., Liebherr, J.K & Penev, L. (eds.). Systematic Zoology and Biodiversity Science: A tribute to Terry Erwin (1940-2020). ZooKeys 1044: 1–1042. Reference page.  DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1044.68652 Reference page. 
• Spence, J.R., Kavanaugh, D.H., Maddison, D.R., Boyd, O., Brandmayr, P., Garner, B.H., Maveety, S., Mosquera, D., Moore, W., Riley, K., Shorthouse, J.D., Sims, L., Steiner Jr., W., Swing, K., Turin, H., Zamorano, L.S. & Penev, L. 2021. Memories of Terry Erwin. Pp 1001–1036 In Spence, J.R., Casale, A., Assmann, T., Liebherr, J.K & Penev, L. (eds.). Systematic Zoology and Biodiversity Science: A tribute to Terry Erwin (1940-2020). ZooKeys 1044: 1–1042. Reference page.  DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1044.68648 Reference page.