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 45. Haemaphysalis elongata Neumann, 1897 . Afrotropical: 1) Madagascar (Hoogstraal et al. 1974, Uilenberg et al. 1979 , Burridge 2011 ). The female of Haemaphysalis elongata in Nuttall & Warburton (1915) represents, in fact, the first description of the female of Haemaphysalis tiptoni , and the male of Haemaphysalis elongata redescribed in the same publication does not belong to this species, as explained in Hoogstraal (1953a) .