Leopold Ernst Paul Schulze

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. In 1911 he was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Zoology from the University of Berlin.

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