Ixodes neuquenensis is a species of tick that lives on the monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides), a nocturnal marsupial that lives in the temperate forests of southern South America.

[1][2] Due to the near-threatened status of its host, Ixodes neuquenensis is also at risk.

Female Ixodes neuquenensis also has very well-defined chitinous plaques on the alloscutum.

Diagnostic features of the nymph of Ixodes neuquenensis include two spurs on coxae II to IV and the presence of chitinous plaques medial to coxa I.

Though identification of the Ixodes neuquenensis larvae is more difficult, they can be separated from various other species by their triangular spurs on coxae II and III.