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 50. Haemaphysalis formosensis Neumann, 1913b . Oriental: 1) China (south), 2) Japan (the Ryukyu Islands), 3) Philippines , 4) Taiwan , 5) Vietnam ; Palearctic: 1) Japan (except the Ryukyu Islands) ( Phan Trong 1977 , Hoogstraal & Kim 1985 , Yamauchi & Funakoshi 2000 , Robbins 2005 , Kolonin 2009 , Chen et al. 2010 , Kuo et al. 2017 , Yamauchi & Hoshina 2018 , Yamauchi et al. 2013 ). Haemaphysalis formosensis has mostly been recorded from migratory birds in South Korea ( Kim et al. 2014 , Chong et al. 2018 ), but it is uncertain whether this tick is established there, and South Korea is not included within the range of Haemaphysalis formosensis . Dhanda & Rao (1964) allegedly found Haemaphysalis formosensis in India , but Geevarghese & Mishra (2011) stated that this tick is not present in that country, a view accepted here.