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 40. Rhipicephalus kochi D ö nitz, 1905 . Afrotropical: 1) Angola , 2) Burundi , 3) Democratic Republic of the Congo , 4) Kenya , 5) Malawi , 6) Mozambique , 7) South Africa , 8) Tanzania , 9) Zambia , 10) Zimbabwe ( Clifford et al. 1983 , Walker et al. 2000 , Kolonin 2009 , Horak et al. 2018 , Sili et al. 2021 ). Several records of Rhipicephalus kochi have been published under the name Rhipicephalus neavei , a synonym of Rhipicephalus kochi ( Walker et al. 2000 ) . Additionally, many diagnoses of Rhipicephalus kochi before the redescription of this species by Clifford et al. (1983) resulted from confusion with other Rhipicephalus species ( Keirans 1985 b , Walker et al. 2000), and these are not included in this analysis. Burridge (2011) described a broader distribution of Rhipicephalus kochi than that provided here, but Walker et al. (2000) stated that records from outside the countries listed above ( Angola excepted) almost certainly represent species other than Rhipicephalus kochi , and this view is accepted here. Farooqi et al. (2017) allegedly found Rhipicephalus kochi in Pakistan , but this is probably a misidentification.