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 94. Ixodes gibbosus Nuttall, 1916 . Palearctic: 1) Albania , 2) Bulgaria , 3) Croatia , 4) Cyprus , 5) Greece , 6) Israel , 7) Italy , 8) North Macedonia , 9) Palestine , 10) Serbia , 11) Turkey ( Saratsiotis 1970 , Hoogstraal 1979, Papadopoulos et al. 1996 , Cringoli et al. 2005 , Kolonin 2009 , Bursali et al. 2012 , Krčmar 2012 , Tsatsaris et al. 2016 , Estrada-Peña et al. 2017 , Orkun & Vatansever 2021 ). Filippova (1974) cautioned that Ixodes eldaricus can be confused with Ixodes gibbosus , while Estrada-Peña et al. (2017) expressed similar concern about possible confusion with Ixodes ricinus .