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 59. Rhipicephalus planus Neumann, 1907f . Afrotropical: 1) Burundi , 2) Democratic Republic of the Congo , 3) Ethiopia , 4) Kenya , 5) Malawi , 6) Mozambique , 7) Rwanda , 8) Tanzania , 9) Uganda , 10) Zambia , 11) Zimbabwe ( Elbl & Anastos 1966 c , Yeoman & Walker 1967, Walker 1974 , Morel 1980 , Norval 1985 b , Matthysse & Colbo 1987, Tandon 1991 , Walker et al. 2000 , Kolonin 2009 ). Most records of Rhipicephalus planus have been published under the name Rhipicephalus reichenowi and, to a lesser extent, Rhipicephalus simus planus , the original name for this tick.