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
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-03-07
5251
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5251.1.1
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242.
Ixodes thomasae
Arthur & Burrow, 1957
.
Afrotropical: 1)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
, 2)
Ethiopia
, 3)
Kenya
, 4)
Tanzania
, 5)
Uganda
(
Elbl & Anastos 1966
b
, Walker 1974,
Matthysse & Colbo 1987
,
Morel 1980
,
Kolonin 2009
).
Colbo & McLeod (1976) re-identified as
Ixodes
near
thomasae
ticks recognized as
Ixodes thomasae
in
Zambia
by
Colbo (1973)
.
Norval
et al.
(1987)
stated that
Ixodes thomasae
had been collected in
Zimbabwe
, but specimens were unavailable for further evaluation. Here,
Zambia
and
Zimbabwe
are provisionally excluded from the range of this tick.