Glossina pallidipes

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Glossinidae
Genus:	Glossina
Species:	G. pallidipes
Binomial name
Glossina pallidipes Austen, 1903
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 and Zimbabwe.^[10]