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 4. Ixodes acutitarsus ( Karsch, 1880 ) . Oriental: 1) China (south), 2) India , 3) Myanmar , 4) Nepal (south and central), 5) Taiwan , 6) Thailand , 7) Vietnam ; Palearctic: 1) China (north), 2) Japan (except the Ryukyu Islands), 3) Nepal (north and central) ( Yamaguti et al. 1971 , Tanskul et al. 1983 , Keirans 1985b , Robbins 2005 , Kolonin 2009 , Chen et al. 2010 , Takano et al. 2014 , Pun et al. 2018 , Petney et al. 2019 , Zhao et al. 2021 ). Clifford et al. (1975a) stated that the record of Ixodes acutitarsus in Indonesia published by Santos Dias (1961a) requires confirmation, and Indonesia is not included within the range of this tick.