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. Amblyomma paulopunctatum Neumann, 1899 . Afrotropical: 1) Angola , 2) Burundi , 3) Cameroon , 4) Central African Republic , 5) Congo , 6) Democratic Republic of the Congo , 7) Gabon , 8) Ghana , 9) Guinea , 10) Guinea-Bissau , 11) Ivory Coast , 12) Liberia , 13) Rwanda , 14) Sierra Leone , 15) Uganda ( Tendeiro 1952 , Morel 1963b , Morel & Mouchet 1965 , Elbl & Anastos 1966 a , Aeschlimann 1967, Keirans 1985 a , Matthysse & Colbo 1987, Terenius et al. 2000 , Morel 2003 , Ntiamoa-Baidu et al. 2004 , Pourrut et al. 2011 , Uilenberg et al. 2013 ). Guglielmone et al. (2020) found conflicting statements related to the morphological identification of Amblyomma paulopunctatum , as well as discrepancies in redescriptions of this species.