Glossina tabaniformis

Glossina tabaniformis is one of the 23 recognized species of tsetse flies (genus Glossina), and it belongs to the forest/fusca group (subgenus Austenina).

Glossina tabaniformis
1a:head without haustellum from frontal, 1b: head from left lateral with palpi removed and haustellum separated, 1c: mouthparts from right lateral with palpi removed and haustellum separated, 1d: mouthparts from ventral, 1e: antenna, 1f: tip of tarsus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Glossinidae
Genus:	Glossina
Species:	G. tabaniformis
Binomial name
Glossina tabaniformis Westwood, 1850
Geographic distribution of Glossina tabaniformis as reported in scientific papers – Publication period 1990–2020

Distribution

Glossina tabaniformis was historically reported from Central Africa, but with pockets extending also to West Africa as far as Liberia or Guinea.^[1][2] A review of the scientific literature from 1990 – 2020 only found confirmation of G. tabaniformis for five countries;^[3] Cameroon, the Central African Republic,^[4] the Democratic Republic of the Congo,^[5] Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.^[6][7] In addition to these five countries, prior records indicated that the species was also present in Angola, the Congo and Nigeria,^[1][8] and that it was or could still be present also in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Guinea.^[3][8]