Professor Dr Gerhard Jurzitza: A short biographical sketch and bibliography

A brief biography and appreciation of the work of Dr G. Jurzitza (born 30 Nov. 1929), Professor Emeritus of the University of Karlsruhe, Charter Member of Societas Internationalis Odonatologica and one of the leading European odonatologists, is followed by his odonatological bibliography (1959-1998; 139 titles). Most of his works are related to the European and South American fauna, mostly in the fields of faunistics, taxonomy, ecology and behaviour. The list of taxa he has introduced in Odonata, and a bibliography of his odon. photographic work are also included.