242. Ixodes thomasae Arthur & Burrow, 1957 .

Afrotropical: 1) Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2) Ethiopia, 3) Kenya, 4) Tanzania, 5) Uganda (Elbl & Anastos 1966 b, Walker 1974, Matthysse & Colbo 1987, Morel 1980, Kolonin 2009).

Colbo & McLeod (1976) re-identified as Ixodes near thomasae ticks recognized as Ixodes thomasae in Zambia by Colbo (1973). Norval et al. (1987) stated that Ixodes thomasae had been collected in Zimbabwe, but specimens were unavailable for further evaluation. Here, Zambia and Zimbabwe are provisionally excluded from the range of this tick.