Ixodes simplex Neumann 1906

Ixodes simplex Neumann, 1906 Ixodes simplex Neumann, 1906: 197. Ixodes simplex.— Estrada-Peña et al., 2017: 103. Material: 1 female, ex male Rhinolophus landeri Martin, 1838, from Dhati-Welel National Park, 1 February 2014, leg. Sergei V. Kruskop (collection ID ZMMU S-193052). Distribution: Many countries of Old World; in Africa distributed in Kenya, Sudan, South Africa, Ethiopia (this study, new record). Host species: Many bat species of families Vespertilionidae and Miniopteridae. Rhinolophidae: Rhinolophus landeri (this study, new record). Non-chiropteran host: human (Péter et al., 2021). Medical significance: – associated pathogens – Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Hornok et al. 2019), Babesia crassa, Babesia venatorum, Babesia canis, Theileria capreoli, Theileria orientalis, Theileria sp. (Hornok et al. 2016), Mycoplasma spp. (Corduneanu et al. 2023).