Helmuth Holzinger (May 15, 1928 – October 1, 1992) was an
Austrianentomologist. He was born in
Vienna and died there.,[1][2] In 1953, he married Ruth Raffael, a painter, who painted all plates of his
monograph. In 1972, he became editor of the Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der österreichischen Entomologen, where nearly all his publications would be published.
Holzinger specialized in the study of Heliconius and became a world-renowned specialist publishing his works mainly in German but also in English.[3][4]
After his death, his huge monograph on the genus Heliconius was published by
Sciences Nat.[5] His collection of about 2900 specimens is now at
Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna.[6]
Species named after Holzinger
Bothriocera holzingeri O'Brien 2006
Heliconius numata holzingeri K. Brown & Fernández Yepez, 1976
Phaeostigma holzingeri Rausch & Aspock, 1993
List of taxa described
Holzinger never described a
taxon alone, his name was nearly always associated with his wife's.
Eueides eanes koenigi Holzinger & Holzinger, 1992
Eueides tales franciscus Brown & Holzinger, 1973
Heliconius c. c. f. tenebrosa Holzinger & Holzinger, 1968
Heliconius c. g. f. flavissima Holzinger & Holzinger, 1968
Heliconius c. g. f. gerstneri Holzinger & Holzinger, 1968
Heliconius c. g. f. pseudoweymeri Holzinger & Holzinger, 1968
Heliconius c. gerstneri f. denhezi Holzinger & Holzinger, 1968
Heliconius cydno cydnides f. semicydnides Holzinger & Holzinger, 1968
^Brown (K.S.) & Holzinger (H.), 1973. The Heliconians of Brazil. Part IV. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der österreichischen Entomologen 24: 44-65