Ixodes hoogstraali is a species of tick endemic to the higher mountains of southwestern Arabia.[1] The type specimens were collected at 7,400 feet (2,300 m) elevation near Ma'bar, Yemen, on king jirds (Meriones rex buryi Thomas), trapped beside a well in dry fields on a rocky plateau.[2] The species was named in honor of Harry Hoogstraal, who provided the type specimens;[1] the species is closely related to Ixodes ugandanus Neumann, 1906.[2]
| Ixodes hoogstraali | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Ixodidae |
| Genus: | Ixodes |
| Species: | I. hoogstraali
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| Binomial name | |
| Ixodes hoogstraali Arthur, 1955
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References
edit- ^ a b Don R. Arthur (1955). "Ixodes hoogstraali, a new species of tick from Yemen". Parasitology. 45 (1–2): 128–130. doi:10.1017/S0031182000027505. PMID 14370838.
In January 1954 I received from Dr Harry Hoogstraal of the United States Naval Medical Research Unit no. 3, Cairo, Egypt, a collection of ticks for investigation. In the monograph of Nuttall, Warburton, Cooper & Robinson (1911) these specimens were run down to Ixodes ugandanus Neumann, but in view of the constant differences between them I recognize the present material as a new species. I assign the name hoogstraali to them in consideration of Harry Hoogstraal's kindness and generosity in supplying me with tick material.
- ^ a b Don R. Arthur (1965). Ticks of the genus Ixodes in Africa. London: Athlone Press. pp. 49–51.
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