Glossina pallidipes | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Glossinidae |
Genus: | Glossina |
Species: | G. pallidipes |
Binomial name | |
Glossina pallidipes Austen, 1903 | |
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Geographic distribution of Glossina pallidipes as reported in scientific papers – Publication period 1990–2020 |
Glossina pallidipes is one of the 23 recognized species of tsetse flies (genus Glossina), and it belongs to the savannah/morsitans group (subgenus Glossina s.s.). Glossina pallidipes is a major vector of African trypanosomiasis, both for the human and the animal form of the disease. [1] [2]
Glossina pallidipes was known to be patchily distributed across East Africa, from Ethiopia to Mozambique. A review of the peer-reviewed scientific literature for the period 1990–2020 revealed that there is abundant data on the occurrence of G. pallidipes, with over 200 papers published. [3] The data indicate that the species presently infests 9 countries: Ethiopia, [4] Kenya, [5] Malawi, [6] Mozambique, Rwanda, [7] [8] Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, [9] Zambia and Zimbabwe. [10]