Glossina tachinoides

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Glossina tachinoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Glossinidae
Genus: Glossina
Species:
G. tachinoides
Binomial name
Glossina tachinoides
Westwood, 1850
Geographic distribution of Glossina tachinoides as reported in scientific papers – Publication period 1990–2020

Glossina tachinoides is one of the 23 recognized species of tsetse flies (genus Glossina), and it belongs to the riverine/palpalis group (subgenus Nemorhina). Glossina tachinoides can transmit African trypanosomiasis, including both the form affecting livestock and the one affecting humans.[1][2]

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