Ixodes hoogstraali

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Ixodida
Family:	Ixodidae
Genus:	Ixodes
Species:	I. hoogstraali
Binomial name
Ixodes hoogstraali Arthur, 1955