Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) pedetes, Robbins & Nava & Ronai & Chong & Guglielmone, 2025

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 : 167

Type host: Pecari angulatus bangsi pedetes Hoogstraal, 1972 , Haemaphysalis

Hoogstraal, H. (1972) Notes on African Haemaphysalis ticks. IX. H. (Rhipistoma) pedetes sp. n., a relict parasite of the springhare ( Rodentia : Pedetidae ) in Transvaal (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae ). Journal of Parasitology, 58, 979–983. Type depository: BMNH: holotype (male) and a paratype (female)

Type locality: Pienaars River , Province of Gauteng, South Africa

Type host: Pedetes capensis

Comments: Haemaphysalis pedetes was originally identified as Haemaphysalis cooleyi , and later as Haemaphysalis numidiana , a synonym of Haemaphysalis erinacei , as discussed in Hoogstraal (1972).