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, 41) 
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Many records of 
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<emphasis id="B94B07520F1FC71FBBAF8E6DB7DCFAB5" box="[391,690,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">Rhipicephalus decoloratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been published under the name 
<emphasis id="B94B07520F1FC71FBE718E6DB033FAB5" box="[1113,1373,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">
<taxonomicName id="4C3FA0C30F1FC71FBE718E6DB037FAB5" box="[1113,1369,1375,1401]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Boophilus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="116" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decoloratus">Boophilus decoloratus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C3FA0C30F1FC71FBAEF8EB1B49BFA51" authorityName="Koch" authorityYear="1844" box="[199,501,1411,1437]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Rhipicephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="116" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decoloratus">
<emphasis id="B94B07520F1FC71FBAEF8EB1B49BFA51" box="[199,501,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">Rhipicephalus decoloratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has allegedly been found on 
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stated that this tick had been confused with 
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<emphasis id="B94B07520F1FC71FBBC98E95B797FA0D" box="[481,761,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">Rhipicephalus microplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(under the genus 
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<emphasis id="B94B07520F1FC71FB9E08E95B154FA0D" box="[968,1082,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">Boophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). 
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Gabaj 
<emphasis id="B94B07520F1FC71FBEB68E95B1B6FA0D" box="[1182,1240,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">et al.</emphasis>
(1992
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, under the genus 
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<emphasis id="B94B07520F1FC71FBACB8EF9B43BFA29" box="[227,341,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">Boophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) reported the presence of 
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<emphasis id="B94B07520F1FC71FB8A58EF9B6D2FA29" box="[653,956,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">Rhipicephalus decoloratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in 
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, and 
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listed that country within its range, but the records of 
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Gabaj 
<emphasis id="B94B07520F1FC71FB8C98EDDB673F9C5" box="[737,797,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">et al.</emphasis>
(1992)
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require confirmation. 
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found 
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<emphasis id="B94B07520F1FC71FBABF8D21B4ABF9E1" box="[151,453,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">Rhipicephalus decoloratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in 
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but left open the possibility that the specimens had been imported, and we provisionally exclude 
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00F1FC71FBBB88D05B4B0F99D" box="[400,478,1591,1617]" name="Yemen" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">Yemen</collectingCountry>
from the range of 
<emphasis id="B94B07520F1FC71FB89A8D05B68BF99D" box="[690,997,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">
<taxonomicName id="4C3FA0C30F1FC71FB89A8D05B68FF99D" authorityName="Koch" authorityYear="1844" box="[690,993,1591,1617]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Rhipicephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="116" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decoloratus">Rhipicephalus decoloratus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The presence of this tick in 
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was due to specimens found on imported cattle (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10F1FC71FB8AC8D69B621F9B9" author="Okely, M. &amp; Chen, Z. &amp; Anan, R. &amp; Gad-Allah, S." box="[644,847,1627,1653]" pageId="116" pageNumber="117" pagination="811 - 838" refId="ref238447" refString="Okely, M., Chen, Z., Anan, R. &amp; Gad-Allah, S. (2022) Updated checklist of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Egypt, with notes of livestock host and tick-borne pathogens. Systematic &amp; Applied Acarology, 27, 811 - 838. https: // doi. org / 10.11158 / saa. 27.5.1" type="journal article" year="2022">
Okely 
<emphasis id="B94B07520F1FC71FB8FA8D69B665F9B9" box="[722,779,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">et al.</emphasis>
2022
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). Records of this tick from 
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00F1FC71FBEAA8D69B1D2F9B9" box="[1154,1212,1627,1653]" name="India" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">India</collectingCountry>
(
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Geevarghese 
<emphasis id="B94B07520F1FC71FBF4C8D69B0F3F9B9" box="[1380,1437,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">et al.</emphasis>
1997
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, 
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Ghosh 
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, 
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Ranganathan 
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2021
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, among others) and 
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(
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Farooqi 
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and others) are here considered to be probable misidentifications or, at the very least, require confirmation, while 
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Guglielmone 
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treated Neotropical records of 
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from 
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, 
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and 
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as having resulted from diagnostic errors or misinterpretations of collection data.
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