Abstract
There are thirty named species and subspecies of tsetse flies all of which belong to the genus Glossina. The most important vectors of human disease are Glossina palpalis* G. tachinoides, G. fuscipes*, G. pallidipes, G. swynnertoni and G. morsitans*.
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Service, M.W. (1980). Tsetse flies (Order Diptera: Family Glossinidae). In: A Guide to Medical Entomology. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16334-2_11
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