Willi Sauter

Willi Sauter (born July 25, 1928 in Kradolf ) is a Swiss entomologist specializing in butterflies (Lepidoptera) and professor emeritus at ETH Zurich .

biography

Willi Sauter attended primary and secondary schools in Kradolf and in 1944 switched to the canton school in Frauenfeld, which he graduated with the Matura in 1947. In 1951 he graduated from the ETH Zurich as a natural scientist and took up an assistant position at the zoological institute. He did his doctorate under Jakob Seiler with a thesis on the morphology and systematics of the Swiss Solenobia species.

From 1959 to 1993 Willi Sauter was a lecturer in entomology and curator of the entomological collection at the ETH Zurich. In 1971 he was appointed adjunct professor.

Willi Sauter made a name for himself in particular as a systematist and described various new species (namely the Psychidae species Dahlica seileri, Dahlica goppensteinensis, Dahlica generosensis, Siederia rupicolella, Brevantennia siederi ); in addition, the species Dahlica sauteri was named after him in 1977 .

Sauter is an honorary member of the Entomological Society Zurich . At the 20th Symposium Internationale Entomofaunisticum Europae Centralis SIEEC in Cluj (May 26th - 30th, 2007) he was awarded a medal for his life's work in entomology.

Publications

• Willi Sauter. Morphology and systematics of the Swiss Solenobia species (Lep. Psychidae). Dissertation. In: Revue Suisse de Zoologie, Tom 63, 1956, No 27, pp. 451-550.
• Willi Sauter. The world of small butterflies. Quarterly publication of the Natural Research Society in Zurich, 121st year (1971), 375–376.
• Willi Sauter. The stand of the faunist. Exploration of Switzerland. Foliae entomologicae hungariae 27, Suppl., 1974, 265-274.
• EA Thomas, A. Knecht & W. Sauter. Chironomid larvae as consumers of the flooding buttercup (Ranunculus fluitans Lam.). Quarterly publication of the Natural Research Society in Zurich, 123rd year, 1978, 303–307.
• Willi Sauter & Peter Huber. Pharyngomyia picta (Meigen) [Dipt. Oestridae] as the causative agent of ophthalmomyiasis in humans. Quarterly publication of the Natural Research Society in Zurich, Volume 133, 1988, 109–113 (2).
• Willi Sauter & Peter Hättenschwiler. To the system of the palaearctic psychids, 1st part: List of the palaearctic species. Nota lepidopterologica 14 (1), 1991: 69-89.
• Willi Sauter. The entomological collections at the ETHZ. Quarterly publication of the Natural Research Society in Zurich, Volume 138, 1993, 203–218 (3).
• Willi Sauter. Faunistic notes from northeastern Switzerland (Lepidoptera). In: Mitteilungen der Entomologische Gesellschaft Basel, Vol. 44, 1994, No. 3/4, pp. 104-108.
• Will Sauter. Dr. Adolf Nadig, honorary member and member of the Entomological Society Zurich for 70 years. In: Mitteilungen der Entomologische Gesellschaft Basel, Vol. 48, 1998, No. 2, pp. 68–71.
• Willi Sauter & Peter Hättenschwiler. On the system of the Palearctic Psychids, Part 2: Identification key for the genera. Nota lepidopterologica 22 (4), 1999: 262-295.
• Adolf Nadig, Willi Sauter & Heinrich Zoller. Ecological investigations in the Lower Engadine. Attempt at synthesis. Results of scientific studies in the Swiss National Park, Volume XII, delivery 16. 1999.
• Willi Sauter & Peter Hättenschwiler. On the system of the Palaearctic Psychidae, Part 3: Identification key for the sacks. Nota lepidopterologica 27 (1), 2004: 59-69.
• Willi Sauter: Entomology. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Willi Sauter: Arthur Linder. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Willi Sauter: Rudolf Meyer-Dür. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

swell

• Jakob Walter: 50 years member of the EGZ: Prof. Dr. Willi Sauter . Entomo Helvetica Volume 1, 2008, p. 128. (PDF file; 204 kB)
• On the 80th birthday of Professor Dr. Willi Sauter . Communications of the Swiss Entomological Society 81: 135. 2008. doi : 10.5169 / seals-402965
• G. Bächli: On the resignation of Prof. Dr. Willi Sauter. Communications from the Swiss Entomological Society 66: I-III. 1993. doi : 10.5169 / seals-402500
• C. Lienhard & D. Burckhardt: On the 60th birthday of Prof. Dr. Willi Sauter. Communications from the Swiss Entomological Society 61: 9–10. 1988. doi : 10.5169 / seals-402292
• Nadine Olonetzky: The good name is everything. Elegy on a subject. You - Die Zeitschrift der Kultur , No. 4/1993, pp. 27–34. (Portrait of W. Sauter)

Web links

• Literature by and about Willi Sauter in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://e-collection.library.ethz.ch/eserv/eth:33755/eth-33755-02.pdf , page 2
2. ↑ http://e-collection.library.ethz.ch/eserv/eth:33755/eth-33755-02.pdf , page 2
3. ↑ ETHistory list of emeritus professors
4. ^ Entomological Society Zurich: List of some patronyms
5. ^ Symposium Internationale Entomofaunisticum Europae Centralis XX - Cluj, 26-30. May 2007