Geographic distribution of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) of the world by countries and territories Author Guglielmone, Alberto A. 0000-0001-5430-2889 guglielmone.alberto@inta.gob.ar Author Nava, Santiago 0000-0001-7791-4239 nava.santiago@inta.gob.ar Author Robbins, Richard G. 0000-0003-2443-5271 robbinsrg@si.edu text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-07 5251 1 1 274 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5251.1.1 journal article 235222 10.11646/zootaxa.5251.1.1 43227427-a867-4744-9e4c-2b2302524890 1175-5326 7704190 3326BF76-A2FB-4244-BA4C-D0AF81F55637 86. Rhipicephalus zambeziensis Walker, Norval & Corwin, 1981 . Afrotropical: 1) Angola , 2) Botswana , 3) Mozambique , 4) Namibia , 5) South Africa , 6) Tanzania , 7) Zambia , 8) Zimbabwe ( Norval et al. 1982 , Tandon 1991 , Walker et al. 2000 , Kolonin 2009 , Horak et al. 2018 ). Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is morphologically very similar to Rhipicephalus zambeziensis , and differentiation of these species is sometimes difficult ( Walker et al. 2000 , Horak et al. 2018 ).