59. Rhipicephalus planus Neumann, 1907f .

Afrotropical: 1) Burundi, 2) Democratic Republic of the Congo, 3) Ethiopia, 4) Kenya, 5) Malawi, 6) Mozambique, 7) Rwanda, 8) Tanzania, 9) Uganda, 10) Zambia, 11) Zimbabwe (Elbl & Anastos 1966 c, Yeoman & Walker 1967, Walker 1974, Morel 1980, Norval 1985 b, Matthysse & Colbo 1987, Tandon 1991, Walker et al. 2000, Kolonin 2009).

Most records of Rhipicephalus planus have been published under the name Rhipicephalus reichenowi and, to a lesser extent, Rhipicephalus simus planus, the original name for this tick.