Ixodes simplex, Neumann, 1906

Robbins, Richard G., Nava, Santiago, Ronai, Isobel, Chong, Kaylin L. & Guglielmone, Alberto A., 2025, Type specimens of the world’s hard tick species (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae): collection data and depositories for all valid names and the current status of invalid names, Zootaxa 5606 (1), pp. 1-287 : 201-202

simplex Neumann, 1906 , Ixodes

Neumann, L.G. (1906) Notes sur les ixodidés. IV. Archives de Parasitologie, 10, 195–219.

Type depository: BMNH: syntypes (females and a nymph)

Type localities: Shanghai, China; Kashmir Region ( Arthur 1956)

Type hosts: Rhinolophus ferrumequinum and Vespertilio sp.

Comments: Neumann (1906) included a female collected in Gabon in his original description of Ixodes simplex , but Arthur (1956) treated this record as erroneous, stating that the tick was found in the Kashmir Region ( China?, India? Pakistan?). Ixodes simplex has not been recorded from India and Pakistan; consequently, China is considered here to be the only country of origin ( Guglielmone et al. 2023).