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 17. Rhipicephalus complanatus Neumann, 1911b . Afrotropical: 1) Angola , 2) Cameroon , 3) Central African Republic , 4) Congo , 5) Democratic Republic of the Congo , 6) Gabon , 7) Ghana , 8) Guinea , 9) Ivory Coast , 10) Liberia , 11) Uganda ( Elbl & Anastos 1966 c , Aeschlimann 1967, Matthysse & Colbo 1987 , Walker et al. 2000 , Morel 2003 , Ntiamoa-Baidu et al. 2004 , Pourrut et al. 2011 , Uilenberg et al. 2013 ). Kolonin (2009) did not include Uganda within the geographic distribution of Rhipicephalus complanatus , but no reasons were given for this decision.