Foerster, Arnold (1810-1884)

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Arnold Foerster, who was born on 20 January 1810 in Aachen, Germany, where he died on 12 August 1884. He was Oberlehrer , or upper teacher, in Aachen for his entire adult life. He worked ceaselessly on entomology paying particular attention to Coleoptera and Hymenoptera. He was a pioneering author on Hymenoptera.

ANT TAXONOMY

Tapinoma gen. n.

PUBLICATIONS

• Foerster, A. 1850a. Hymenopterologische Studien. 1. Formicariae. Aachen: Ernst Ter Meer, 74 pp.

• Foerster, A. 1850b. Eine Centurie neuer Hymenopteren. Zweite Dekade. Verh. Naturhist. Ver. Preuss. Rheinl. Westfal. 7: 485-500.

REFERENCE

• Taeger, A. & S.M. Blank. (Eds.) 1998. Pflanzenwespen Deutschlands. 332pp. Keltern.p.332, portrait.

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