Hyalomma affine, Neumann, 1899

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 : 10

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scientific name	Hyalomma affine
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affine Neumann, 1899 View in CoL , Hyalomma

Neumann, L.G. (1899) Révision de la famille des ixodidés (3 e mémoire). Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France, 12, 107–294.

Type depositories: LMNH, MNHN and ZSH: syntypes (males and females)

Type locality: undetermined

Type host: most probably Testudo graeca

Current status: a synonym of Hyalomma aegyptium , as listed in Camicas et al. (1998).

Comments: Neumann (1899) analyzed specimens from several countries, concluding that this tick is adapted to Africa, Asia and southern Europe, but he also included England and Mexico, where Hyalomma affine was found on captive tortoises.