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 82. Amblyomma nitidum Hirst & Hirst, 1910 . Australasian: 1) Indonesia (east of Wallace’s Line), 2) New Caledonia , 3) Papua New Guinea , 4) Solomon Islands ; Oriental: 1) India , 2) Japan (the Ryukyu Islands), 3) Singapore , 4) Taiwan ( Sharif 1928 , Audy et al. 1960 , Wilson 1970 a , Yamaguti et al. 1971, Kolonin 2009 , Owen 2011 , Kwak et al. 2020). Several records of Amblyomma nitidum have been published under the name Amblyomma laticaudae , described by Warburton (1933) and Rageau & Vervent (1959) under the same name, but found to be a synonym of Amblyomma nitidum , as discussed in Guglielmone et al. (2020) . Indian records of Amblyomma nitidum refer to the Andaman Islands ( Sharif 1928 ), which are closer to the coast of Myanmar than to the Indian subcontinent. Voltzit & Keirans (2002) listed Amblyomma nitidum as also found in the Palearctic Zoogeographic Region, but no records of this tick from that region were found during this analysis. Doss et al. (1974a) listed Amblyomma nitidum as a tick found in the Galápagos Islands ( Ecuador ), based on Vercammen-Grandjean (1966) , but the latter author simply hypothesized that Amblyomma nitidum might be able to reach the Galápagos along with its hosts.