• Source: Paul Schulze (zoologist)

Paul Schulze was "the most important German tick taxonomist of the early 20th century." Between 1929 and 1937, he described 19 genera, 17 subgenera, 150 species and 150 subspecies of ixodid ticks. He was essentially an amateur taxonomist, working alone for most of his career, not consulting the major tick collections or collaborating with other tick taxonomists.




Life and career


Born Leopold Ernst Paul Schulze on November 20, 1887, in Berlin, he graduated from high school in 1907 and studied science in Berlin, where in 1910 he became an assistant at the Zoological Institute of the University of Berlin. In 1911 he was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Zoology from the University of Berlin. The title of his dissertation was Die Nackengabel der Papilionidenraupen (The Osmeterium of the Papilionidae).
During World War I, Schulze served as a soldier in a support role, behind the front lines, due to a heart problem. After this compulsory service, he completed post-doctoral work at the University of Berlin in 1918.
In 1923, Schulze was appointed a full professor at the University of Rostock, serving from 1923 to 1945 as Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, Dean of the Faculty of Arts from 1931 to 1932, and as a Rector from December 1932 to March 1936. His professional contributions included serving as co-director of the university entomology seminar, co-editorship of Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere (Journal of Morphology and Ecology of Animals), and serving as Secretary of the Verein der Freunde der Naturgeschichte in Mecklenburg (Association of Friends of Natural History in Mecklenburg).
In 1945, Schulze was dismissed from university service as a consequence of his membership in the National Socialist German Workers Party, which he had joined in 1937.
Schulze died on May 13, 1949, in Rostock.




Legacy


Although many of the scientific names bestowed by Schulze have been synonymized, they remain important as molecular and morphological studies result in the reinstatement of other names that were once considered synonyms.
Contemporary tick specialists praise Schulze's "perception of the complexity of the genus Dermacentor (under Indocentor) in the Oriental and Australasian zoogeographic regions, and his understanding of tick biodiversity in these regions" which "constitute seminal scientific achievements."




Ticks named by Schulze


Amblyomma babirussae Schulze, 1933
Amblyomma quadricavum Schulze, 1941
Dermacentor confragus Schulze, 1933
Dermacentor sinicus Schulze, 1932
Dermacentor steini Schulze, 1933
Haemaphysalis bartelsi Schulze, 1938
Haemaphysalis heinrichi Schulze, 1939
Haemaphysalis hylobatis Schulze, 1933
Haemaphysalis renschi Schulze, 1933
Hyalomma albiparmatum Schulze, 1919
Hyalomma impeltatum Schulze & Schlottke, 1930
Hyalomma nitidum Schulze, 1919
Hyalomma scupense Schulze, 1919
Ixodes apronophorus Schulze, 1924
Ixodes arboricola Schulze & Schlottke, 1930
Ixodes collocaliae Schulze, 1937
Ixodes cumulatimpunctatus Schulze, 1943
Ixodes luxuriosus Schulze, 1932
Ixodes nuttallianus Schulze, 1930
Ixodes persulcatus Schulze, 1930
Ixodes priscicollaris Schulze, 1932
Ixodes rugicollis Schulze & Schlottke, 1930
Ixodes steini Schulze, 1932
Ixodes vanidicus Schulze, 1943
Rhipicephalus pilans Schulze, 1935
Rhipicephalus pumilio Schulze, 1935




Ticks named in honor of Schulze


Hyalomma schulzei Olenev, 1931
Ixodes schulzei Aragão & Fonseca, 1951
Rhipicephalus schulzei Olenev, 1929




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Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium entry with photo and portrait of Paul Schulze

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