Glossina pallidipes
Species of tsetse fly
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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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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 | |
Distribution
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[10] and Zimbabwe.[11]