The outcome of clustering analysis basically fitted the patterns of zoogeographic division of China, except the region of North China, Gansu, Anhwei, Henan, and Yunnan provinces.

• 蜱类在中国分布的聚类分析结果与中国的动物地理区划基本一致，但华北区及甘肃、安徽、河南、云南与中国大陆动物区系差异较大。