Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019 Guglielmone, Alberto A. Petney, Trevor N. Robbins, Richard G. Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-05 4871 1 1 322 3J7WQ Hoogstraal, 1969 Hoogstraal 1969 [199,681,798,825] Arachnida Ixodidae Haemaphysalis Animalia Ixodida 171 172 Arthropoda species kitaokai  An Orientaland Palearctic species whose adults and nymphs have been found on Artiodactyla: Bovidaeand Cervidae; adult ticks alone have been recovered from Perissodactyla: Equidae, and Galliformes: Phasianidae; larvae have been found on Rodentia: Muridae.  Haemaphysalis kitaokaiis a very rare parasite of humans.   M: Keegan and Toshioka (1957), under the name  Haemaphysalis inermis, as explained in Hoogstraal (1969)  F: Keegan and Toshioka (1957), under the name  Haemaphysalis inermis, as explained in Hoogstraal (1969)  N: Kitaoka and Mori (1967), under the name  Haemaphysalis ambigua, a synonym of  Haemaphysalis inermis, as explained in Hoogstraal (1969)  L: Kitaoka and Mori (1967), under the name  Haemaphysalis ambigua, as explained in Hoogstraal (1969) Redescriptions  M: Yamaguti et al.(1971), Yamaguti and Kitaoka (1980), Yamaguti (1981), Teng and Jiang (1991), Yamauchi and Takada (2015)  F: Yamaguti et al.(1971), Yamaguti and Kitaoka (1980), Yamaguti (1981), Teng and Jiang (1991), Yamauchi and Takada (2015)  N: Yamaguti et al.(1971), Kitaoka (1985), Teng and Jiang (1991)  L: Yamaguti et al.(1971), Kitaoka (1985), Teng and Jiang (1991), Fujita and Takada (2007)  Note: Camicas et al.(1998)treat  Haemaphysalis kitaokaias a Palearctic species, but Teng and Jiang (1991)found it in both Oriental and Palearctic localities in China. Li et al.(2018)present molecular evidence to hypothesize that more than one species may exist under the name  Haemaphysalis kitaokai.See also  Haemaphysalis inermisfor data concerning its confusion with  Haemaphysalis kitaokai.