Ixodes kazakstani Olenev & Sorokoumov, 1934

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118. Ixodes kazakstani Olenev & Sorokoumov, 1934 .

Palearctic: 1) Kazakhstan, 2) Kyrgyzstan ( Filippova 1977, Kolonin 2009, Fedorova 2017, Kovalev et al. 2018).

Filippova (1977) and Kolonin (2009) stated that Ixodes kazakstani is found only in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and Kovalev et al. (2018) stated that records of Ixodes kazakstani from outside those countries are unreliable. However, Perfilyeva et al. (2020) did not include Ixodes kazakstani in their list of ticks from Kazakhstan.

Nevertheless, Lyashko (1973) reported Ixodes kazakstani from Turkmenistan, and Morel (2003) suggested that this species has been found in Tajikistan. Yu et al. (1997) recorded this tick from an unusual host in the Palearctic portion of China, and its presence in that country was treated as valid in Chen et al. (2010), Zhang, G. et al. (2019), Zhang Y.K. et al. (2019), and Zhao et al. (2021). However, all records of Ixodes kazakstani outside Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are thought to need confirmation. Tsapko (2020) maintained that Russian records of Ixodes kazakstani require verification. Therefore, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, China (north) and Russia are not included within the range of this species.