Haemaphysalis (Alloceraea) kitaokai, 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 : 118-119

Type host: tiger kitaokai (Hoogstraal, 1969) Alloceraea

Hoogstraal, H. (1969) Haemaphysalis (Alloceraea) kitaokai sp. n. of Japan, and keys to species in the structurally primitive subgenus Alloceraea Schulze of Eurasia (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae ). Journal of Parasitology, 55, 211–221. See kitaokai Hoogstraal, 1969 , Haemaphysalis kitaokai Hoogstraal, 1969 , Haemaphysalis

Hoogstraal, H. (1969) Haemaphysalis (Alloceraea) kitaokai sp. n. of Japan, and keys to species in the structurally primitive subgenus Alloceraea Schulze of Eurasia (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae ). Journal of Parasitology, 55, 211–221. Type depositories: USNTC: holotype (male) and paratypes (a male, females, nymphs and larvae); NIAH: paratypes (nymphs)

Type locality: foot of Mount Sanbe , Shimane Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan

Type host: cow

Current status: a synonym of Alloceraea kitaokai and its original name, whose current status as Alloceraea kitaokai was established by Kelava et al. (2024).