Haemaphysalis formosensis Neumann 1913

50. Haemaphysalis formosensis Neumann, 1913b. Oriental: 1) China (south), 2) Japan (the Ryukyu Islands), 3) Philippines, 4) Taiwan, 5) Vietnam; Palearctic: 1) Japan (except the Ryukyu Islands) (Phan Trong 1977, Hoogstraal & Kim 1985, Yamauchi & Funakoshi 2000, Robbins 2005, Kolonin 2009, Chen et al. 2010, Kuo et al. 2017, Yamauchi & Hoshina 2018, Yamauchi et al. 2013). Haemaphysalis formosensis has mostly been recorded from migratory birds in South Korea (Kim et al. 2014, Chong et al. 2018), but it is uncertain whether this tick is established there, and South Korea is not included within the range of Haemaphysalis formosensis. Dhanda & Rao (1964) allegedly found Haemaphysalis formosensis in India, but Geevarghese & Mishra (2011) stated that this tick is not present in that country, a view accepted here.Published as part of 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, pp. 1-274 in Zootaxa 5251 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5251.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/770419