Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
American entomologist · 1912–2004
5,589 specimens, collected between 1928 and 1971 on 379 collecting days, now held in 5 departments. Identified 595 specimens for others.
On the labels as Zimmerman, E.C., Elwood C. Zimmerman, E. C. Zimmerman, Zimmerman, E. C., Zimmerman, Elwood C., Zimmerman, E., E. Zimmerman, Zimmerman and 7 more.
- Specimens
- 5,589
- Type specimens
- 813
- Years in the field
- 44
- Islands
- 47
- Species
- 977
- Identifications
- 595
- In the Library
- 1
- Named after
- 17
Where Zimmerman collected
Specimens by decade
Earliest: Ciidae, 1928 (Waianae Mts.; Makua). Latest: Argemone glauca, 1971.
In the Library
Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.
2000
Insects of Hawaii. Volume 16Liebherr, J.K. & E.C. Zimmerman · Hawaiian Carabidae (Coleoptera), Part 1: Introduction and tribe Platynini. Univ. Hawaii Press. 494 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
Named for Zimmerman
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Zimmerman. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Philonesia zimmermani Euconulidae5
- Taitaa zimmermani Achatinellidae5
- Lallemandana zimmermani Aphrophoridae2
- Longipalpus zimmermani Cerambycidae2
- Philonesia zimmermani tautautui Euconulidae2
- Aeletes zimmermani Histeridae1
- Apsilochorema zimmermani Hydrobiosidae1
- Australaena zimmermani Anyphaenidae1
- Cerapachys zimmermani Formicidae1
- Cordezoros zimmermani Spiralizoridae1
- Cryphalus zimmermani Curculionidae1
- Ectopsocus zimmermani Ectopsocidae1
- Gonomyia zimmermani Limoniidae1
- Nocticanace zimmermani Canacidae1
- Ptilopodius zimmermani Curculionidae1
- Ptycta zimmermani Psocidae1
- Trioza zimmermani Triozidae1
From the field
As a determiner
595 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: