Glossina longipalpis

Glossina longipalpis is one of the 23 recognized species of tsetse flies, and it belongs to the savannah/morsitans group. Glossina longipalpis can transmit African trypanosomiasis among livestock and wildlife, whilst it does not presently seem to play a role in the transmission of the human form of the disease.

Distribution

Glossina longipalpis was known to occur in West Africa and Central Africa from Senegal to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. However, as of 1990, the accessible literature only provides reports of the species from 4 countries; Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, and Togo, with most reports dating back to the 1990s.