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 21. Ixodes aulacodi Arthur, 1956b . Afrotropical: 1) Benin , 2) Burkina Faso , 3) Cameroon , 4) Central African Republic , 5) Democratic Republic of the Congo , 6) Gabon , 7) Ghana , 8) Guinea , 9) Ivory Coast , 10) Nigeria , 11) Rwanda , 12) South Africa , 13) Zambia ( Morel & Mouchet 1965 , Aeschlimann 1967 , Morel 1978 , Ntiamoa-Baidu et al. 2004 , Kolonin 2009 , Pourrut et al. 2011 , Uilenberg et al. 2013 , Chitimia-Dobler et al. 2016 , Horak et al. 2018 ).