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 6. Haemaphysalis anomaloceraea Teng, 1984 in Teng & Cui (1984) . Oriental: 1) China (south) ( Chen et al. 2010 ). Camicas et al. (1998) listed Haemaphysalis anomaloceraea as a synonym of Haemaphysalis shimoga , while Kolonin (2009) treated these names as synonyms of Haemaphysalis taiwana . Guglielmone et al. (2010 b , 2014) considered Haemaphysalis anomaloceraea valid, pending a decision concerning the positions of Camicas et al. (1998) and Kolonin (2009) . However, the situation remains unchanged and Haemaphysalis anomaloceraea is treated as valid here. Zhao et al. (2021) did not list Haemaphysalis anomaloceraea as a Chinese tick.