Walker, Jane B.Keirans, J.E.Pegram, R.G.Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand2014-01-272014-01-2720131993Walker, JB, Keirans, JE & Pegram, RG 1993, 'Rhipicephalus aquatilis sp. nov. (Acari: Ixodidae), a new tick species parasitic mainly on the sitatunga, Tragelaphus spekei, in East and Central Africa’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 205-210.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/33090The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.This tick, originally referred to as Rhipicephalus species Ill by Yeoman & Walker (1967), was first collected from a sitatunga, Tragelaphus spekei, and then occasionally from cattle, in Tanzania. Further collections, mostly from sitatunga, have since been seen from Uganda and Zambia. Descriptions of the adults of this species are given, together with information on their hosts and their distribution.en© ARC-Onderstepoort (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle