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 Author Robbins, Richard G. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, Suitland, Maryland 20746, USA robbinsrg @ si. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2443 - 5271 & One Health Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, USA & Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, USA robbinsrg@si.edu Author Nava, Santiago Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (INTA-CONICET), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, ruta 34 km 227, Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina nava. santiago @ inta. gob. ar; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7791 - 4239 nava.santiago@inta.gob.ar Author Ronai, Isobel Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA ironai @ fas. harvard. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1658 - 857 X & Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815, USA ironai@fas.harvard.edu Author Chong, Kaylin L. Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA kchong @ fas. harvard. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4056 - 4412 & Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA kchong@fas.harvard.edu Author Guglielmone, Alberto A. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, Suitland, Maryland 20746, USA robbinsrg @ si. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2443 - 5271 & Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, ruta 34 km 227, CP 2300 Rafaela, Argentina guglielmone. alberto @ inta. gob. ar; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5430 - 2889 & Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, Suitland, Maryland 20746, USA robbinsrg @ si. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2443 - 5271 robbinsrg@si.edu text Zootaxa 2025 2025-03-18 5606 1 1 287 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5606.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5606.1.1 1175-5334 15215074 D0851EDA-FE18-4F87-9245-B108786B22F4 Type host: Turdus olivaceus walkerae Horak, Apanaskevich & Kariuki, 2013 , Rhipicephalus Horak, I.G., Apanaskevich, D.A. & Kariuki, E.K. (2013) A new species of Rhipicephalus (Acari: Ixodidae ), a parasite of giraffes in Kenya . Journal of Medical Entomology , 50, 685–690. Type depositories: USNTC : holotype (male) and paratypes (males and females); DVCS , IGHTC , OVI and ZIAC : paratypes (males and female) Type locality: Garissa , Garissa County , Kenya