Foerster, Arnold (1810-1884)

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.