Ernst Josef Fittkau

Ernst Josef Fittkau (22 July 1927 – 12 May 2012[1]) was a German entomologist and herpetologist.[2]

Ernst Josef Fittkau, September 2010

Career

In entomology he specialized in the Diptera, especially the family Chironomidae.[3] In herpetology he specialized in crocodiles.[2] He collected natural history specimens on every continent except Antarctica, beginning with South America in 1960.[2] He was Director of the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology in Munich (Zoologische Staatssammlung München) from 1976 to 1992.

Legacy

Fittkau is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of South American lizard, Liolaemus fittkaui.[2]

Publications
  • Fittkau EJ (1995). Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix. Rundgespräche der Kommission für Ökologie. Tropenforschung. Bayer. Akad. d. Wissenschaften 10: 29–38. (in German).

Source
  • Hausmann A, Spies M, Diller J (2012). "In memoriam Prof. Dr. Ernst Josef Fittkau (22. Juli 1927 - 12. Mai 2012)". Spixiana 35 (2): 161-176. (pdf). (in German).
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References
  1. "Professor Dr. Ernst Josef Fittkau (obituary)" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Fittkau", p. 90).
  3. Spies, Martin (2002). "Professor Ernst Josef Fittkau – 75 years, 50 years for chironomid research". Chironomus Newsletter on Chironomidae Research 15: 2–13. ISSN 0172-1941.
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