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 1. Haemaphysalis aborensis Warburton, 1913 . Oriental: 1) Cambodia , 2) China (south), 3) India , 4) Laos , 5) Myanmar , 6) Nepal (south and central), 7) Thailand , 8) Vietnam ( Hoogstraal et al. 1971 c , Phan Trong 1977, Tanskul & Inlao 1989 , Kolonin 2009 , Chen et al. 2010 , Vongphayloth et al. 2016 , Pun et al. 2018 , Petney et al. 2019 ). The presence of Haemaphysalis aborensis in Laos is based on Vongphayloth et al. (2016) , who stated that specimens found in Laos are Haemaphysalis aborensis or a species close to it. Kim et al. (2016) found Haemaphysalis aborensis on migratory birds in South Korea ; consequently, it is unclear whether this species is established there, and South Korea is excluded from its range.