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
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Genus
Rhipicephalus
Analysis of the geographic distribution of the species of
Rhipicephalus
is extremely difficult because the diagnoses of several species are, at minimum, controversial, including a number of important species that have not been adequately defined morphologically and molecularly. The seminal study of
Walker
et al.
(2000)
, who analyzed the genus
Rhipicephalus
worldwide, has been of great help in understanding the taxonomy of this genus, but inherent difficulties remain, and these continue to cloud our understanding of particular species’ geographic ranges, many of which are here considered provisional.