Africaniella orlovi ( Kolonin, 1992a )

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 : 38

1. Africaniella orlovi ( Kolonin, 1992a) :

Afrotropical: 1) Ghana ( Kolonin 2003, 2009).

Africaniella orlovi may be a synonym of Africaniella transversale ( Guglielmone et al. 2015 and updates).

Africaniella orlovi was described by Kolonin (1992a), under the name Aponomma orlovi , from two females allegedly collected in Vietnam (Oriental Region), a record repeated in Kolonin (1995b). Subsequently, Kolonin (2003) rectified his position, stating that this species had been collected in Ghana. Hornok et al. (2020c) still consider Africaniella orlovi an Oriental tick.