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 9. Rhipicephalus bequaerti Zumpt, 1950 . Afrotropical: 1) Burundi , 2) Democratic Republic of the Congo , 3) Kenya , 4) Rwanda , 5) South Sudan , 6) Tanzania ( Yeoman & Walker 1967 , Walker 1974 , Walker et al. 2000 , Lynen et al. 2007 , Morel 2003 , Kolonin 2009 , ElGhali & Hassan 2012 ). Guglielmone et al. (2020) discussed differences between the morphological definition of Rhipicephalus bequaerti in Elbl & Anastos (1966c) and that in Walker et al. (2000) , as well as morphological details related to other descriptions of this tick, concluding that Rhipicephalus bequaerti is not well defined, which, in turn, casts doubt on our understanding of this species’ geographic distribution.