The Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae, Ixodidae) of Taiwan: A Synonymic Checklist

Eleven checklists of Taiwanese ticks, published or privately circulated between 1935 and 1984, are compared with specimen records, chiefly in the U.S. National Tick Collection, yielding a list of 32 tick species thought to definitely occur in Taiwan and its adjacent islets Argas pusillus Kohls, A. robertsi Hoogstraal, Kaiser Kohls, Ornithodoros capensis Neumann, Amblyomma cordiferum Neumann, A. geoemydae Cantor, A. helvolum Koch, A. testudinarium Koch, Aponomma varanense Supino, Boophilus microplus Canestrini, Dermacentor taiwanensis Sugimoto, Haemaphysalis bandicota Hoogstraal Kohls, H. canestrinii Supino, H. doenitzi Warburton Nuttall, H. flava Neumann, H. formosensis Neumann, H. hystricis Supino, H. kitaokai Hoogstraal, H. mageshimaensis Saito Hoogstraal, H. ornithophila Hoogstraal Kohls, H. phasiana Saito, Hoogstraal Wassef, H. taiwana Sugimoto, H. yeni Toumanoff, Ixodes acutitarsus Karsch, I. granulatus Supino, I. kuntzi Hoogstraal Kohls, I. nipponensis Kitaoka Saito, L ovatus Neumann, L persulcatus Schulze, L simplex Neumann, I. vespertilionis Koch, Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides Supino, and R. sanguineus Latreille. An additional 13 tick species previously believed to occur in Taiwan are excluded from this list.