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 5. Hyalomma asiaticum Schulze & Schlottke, 1929a . Palearctic: 1) Afghanistan , 2) Armenia , 3) Azerbaijan, 4) China (north), 5) Georgia, 6) Iran , 7) Iraq , 8) Kazakhstan , 9) Kyrgyzstan , 10) Mongolia , 11) Pakistan (west), 12) Russia , 13) Syria , 14) Tajikistan , 15) Turkey , 16) Turkmenistan , 17) Uzbekistan ( Kolonin 2009 , Apanaskevich & Horak 2010 , Chen et al. 2010 , Kiefer et al. 2010 , Bursali et al. 2012 , Fedorova 2012 , Černý, J. et al. 2019, HosseiniChegeni et al. 2019, Perfilyeva et al. 2020 , Tsapko 2020 , Zhao et al. 2021 ). Many records of Hyalomma asiaticum have been published under the names Hyalomma asiaticum caucasicum and Hyalomma asiaticum kozlovi , and this species has occasionally been treated as a synonym of Hyalomma dromedarii ( Apanaskevich & Horak 2010 ) . Hou et al. (2019) reported Hyalomma asiaticum from the Oriental Region in southern China , but its presence there requires confirmation.