Johann Dominikus Schultze (June 16, 1751 in Gröden - May 22, 1790 in

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) was a

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and

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Works

*Schulze, I. D. 1775. Beyträge zur Kenntniß seltener Insekten. Erstes Stück. - ''

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'' 6: 87–98, Tab. IV 4 Halle. *Schulze, I. D. 1776. Beyträge zur Kenntniß seltner Insekten. Zweytes Stück. - ''Der Naturforscher'' 9: 99–110, Tab. II 2 Halle. *Schulze, I. D. 1776. Vergleichung der Kupfer eines wenig bekanten Insektenwercs des

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mit dem linnäischen System. - ''Der Naturforscher'' 9: 215–224. Halle. * Geve, N. G. & Schultze, J. D. 1790. B''elustigung im Reiche der Natur. Erster Band aus den Papieren des Verstorbenen vollendet durch Johannes Dominicus Schultze''. Mit 18 ausgemahlten Kupfertafeln. - pp. I-VI 1-6 1–121, Tab. I-XVIII 1-18 Hamburg. (Herold).

Education

He attended the Johanneum and the Akademisches Gymnasium in Hamburg. Here he heard lectures by the doctor and naturalist Johann Albert Heinrich Reimarus and the doctor and botanist

Paul Dietrich Giseke Paul Dietrich Giseke (8 December 1741 Hamburg, Germany – 26 April 1796), was a German botanist, physician, teacher and librarian. Giseke was the son of a Hamburg merchant. He started his studies at the Academic Gymnasium in Hamburg. He joined the ...

Other

The 1776 description of '' Papilio arnaca'' by

Johann Christian Fabricius Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is cons ...

was based on an unspecified number of specimens from

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, in Schulze's collection. Two other Schulze Lepidoptera were species of "Papilio" for which he selected names which had recently been introduced by

Pieter Cramer Pieter Cramer (21 May 1721 (baptized) – 28 September 1776), was a wealthy Dutch merchant in linen and Spanish wool, remembered as an entomologist. Cramer was the director of the Zealand Society, a scientific society located in Flushing, and a mem ...

('' claudia'' and ''

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'') for other species in ''Uitlandsche Kapellen''. Thus Schulze's names were invalid primary homonyms. Schulze said that Fabricius had visited him in Hamburg to see his collection, and would be including the new species in the "mantissa" (or supplement) to his ''Systema entomologiæ'' (1775) Fabricius duly did so in the 1777 ''Genera insectorum'' and Schulze's new names are often credited to Fabricius in error.

References

*Walther Horn & Sigmund Schenkling: Index Litteraturae Entomologicae. Serie I: Die Welt-Literatur über die gesamte Entomologie bis inklusive 1863. Berlin 1928. German entomologists 1790 deaths 1751 births {{Germany-scientist-stub