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Rhipicephalus pulchellus Gerstäcker 1873 (Acari: Ixodidae) (also called Yellow backed tick and/or Zebra tick). The illustration represents both male (a) and female (unfed) (b) ticks, respectively. This tick species transmits Nairobi sheep disease virus and Theileria parva Theiler, 1904 and is also a vector of Theileria taurotragi Martin and Brocklesby, 1960, the cause of benign bovine theileriosis in Africa (as adopted from Walker et al., 2000[2])
