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 166. Haemaphysalis toxopei Warburton, 1927 . Australasian: 1) Indonesia (east of Wallace’s Line); Oriental: 1) Indonesia (west of Wallace´s Line) ( Durden et al. 2008 ). Haemaphysalis toxopei is a difficult tick to identify, and its validity may be in question. In the original description of Haemaphysalis toxopei by Warburton (1927) , there is a confusing statement, where the female of this tick appears to be the same as that of Haemaphysalis kinneari . Thus, Anastos (1950) treated Haemaphysalis toxopei as a probable synonym of Haemaphysalis kinneari , but Trapido et al. (1964a) considered the statement in Warburton (1927) to be a lapsus. Hoogstraal (1964a) regarded Haemaphysalis toxopei as a subspecies of Haemaphysalis papuana , and Kolonin (2009) did not include Haemaphysalis toxopei in his list of ticks of the world, but it is valid in Camicas et al. (1998) , Guglielmone et al. (2014, 2020) and others.