How many species of tsetse flies are under Genus Glossina?

- 20

Example of intermittent host of trypanosomes

-Tsetse flies

Glossina genus divided into

1) Fusca 2) Palpalis 3) Morsitans

Which species of Glossina is associated with dense humid tropical forest or its edges?

-Fusca group

Which species group of Glossina does Glossina longipennis belong to?

-Fusca

Which species group of Glossina does Glossina brevipalpis belong to?

-Fusca

T/F Glossina tachinoides is not found in southern Arabia.

-F Glossina tachinoides is also found in South Arabia.

Length of tsetse flies.

-6-13mm

T/F Glossina morsitans is a blackish brown fly with pale markings on its abdomen?

-F Glossina morsitans is a gray fly with brown transverse bands on rd th its yellowish-orange 3 and 6 abdomen segments.