Henk Wolda (born 25 May 1931) is a Dutch entomologist. [1] He was an employee at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama, where he studied insects. [2] During the 1980s he was one of the top publishers on biodiversity based in Panama. [3] His papers from circa 1974 to 1990 are kept in the Smithsonian Institution Archives. [2] His insection collection is held at the STRI, and derived from performing light trapping techniques, with large numbers coming from Barro Colorado Island. [4] [5]
Wolda was born in Wageningen. [1] He was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1980. [6] After his retirement he lived in Bellevue, Washington, United States. [5]
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