''Ixodes hoogstraali'' is a species of

tick Ticks (order Ixodida) are parasitic arachnids that are part of the mite superorder Parasitiformes. Adult ticks are approximately 3 to 5 mm in length depending on age, sex, species, and "fullness". Ticks are external parasites, living by ...

endemic to the higher mountains of southwestern

Arabia The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. ...

. The type specimens were collected at elevation near Ma'bar, Yemen, on king jirds (''Meriones rex buryi'' Thomas), trapped beside a well in dry fields on a rocky plateau. The species was named in honor of

Harry Hoogstraal Harry Hoogstraal (born in Chicago, Illinois, February 24, 1917, died in Cairo, Egypt, on his 69th birthday, February 24, 1986) was an American entomologist and parasitologist. He was described as "the greatest authority on ticks and tickborne dis ...

, who provided the type specimens; the species is closely related to ''

Ixodes ugandanus ''Ixodes'' is a genus of hard-bodied ticks (family Ixodidae). It includes important disease vectors of animals and humans (tick-borne disease), and some species (notably ''Ixodes holocyclus'') inject toxins that can cause paralysis. Some ti ...

'' Neumann, 1906.

References

hoogstraali Animals described in 1955 Endemic fauna of Saudi Arabia {{Acari-stub