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Between March and September 2023, 721 pools of ticks were collected belonging to three genera and five species: Haemaphysalis longicornis (n = 612; 84.9%), Haemaphysalis fusca (n = 94; 13.0%), Rhipicephalus microplus (n = 10; 1.4%), Amblyomma testudinarium (n = 3; 0.4%), and Haemaphysalis wellingtoni (n = 2; 0.3%). The SFTSV-positive pool rate was 20.0%, 13.0%, 5.8%, and 4.1% in Xinyang, Henan; Songjiang, Shanghai; Lu\u2019an, Anhui; and Zhoushan, Zhejiang, respectively. SFTSV was detected in all five tick species collected. Among the SFTSV-positive pools, H. longicornis constituted the highest proportion (83.9%, 78\/93), whereas pools containing R. microplus and H. wellingtoni each represented the lowest proportion (1.1%, 1\/93). 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