Haemaphysalis elliptica ( Koch, 1844a )

Guglielmone, Alberto A., Nava, Santiago & Robbins, Richard G., 2023, Geographic distribution of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) of the world by countries and territories, Zootaxa 5251 (1), pp. 1-274 : 84

44. Haemaphysalis elliptica ( Koch, 1844a) .

Afrotropical: 1) Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2) Eswatini, 3) Ethiopia, 4) Kenya, 5) Lesotho, 6) Malawi, 7) Mozambique, 8) Rwanda, 9) South Africa, 10) Tanzania, 11) Uganda, 12) Zambia, 13) Zimbabwe (Apanaskevich et al. 2007, Horak et al. 2018, Ledger et al. 2021, Mahlobo & Zishiri 2021).

Haemaphysalis elliptica has been widely confused with Haemaphysalis leachi , as discussed in Apanaskevich et al. (2007), who carefully studied the morphology and distribution of both Haemaphysalis elliptica and Haemaphysalis leachi . Horak et al. (2018) stated that Haemaphysalis colesbergensis is also very similar morphologically to Haemaphysalis elliptica and Haemaphysalis leachi .

Horak et al. (2018) classified ticks collected in Botswana and Namibia as Haemaphysalis leachi / elliptica , and these countries are provisionally excluded from the range of Haemaphysalis elliptica . The presence of this tick in Nigeria and Ghana (Heylen et.al. 2021) also requires confirmation.