Ixodes hoogstraali is a species of tick endemic to the higher mountains of southwestern Arabia.

[1] The type specimens were collected at 7,400 feet (2,300 m) elevation near Ma'bar, Yemen, on king jirds (Meriones rex buryi Thomas), trapped beside a well in dry fields on a rocky plateau.

[2] The species was named in honor of Harry Hoogstraal, who provided the type specimens;[1] the species is closely related to Ixodes ugandanus Neumann, 1906.

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