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What (who) is tsetse fly - definition

GENUS OF INSECTS

Tse-Tse Flies; Tsetse-fly; Tsetse flies; Tse-tse fly; Glossinidae; Zimb; Glossina; Tsetse; Tse Tse Fly; Tse tse; Tsetse Fly; Tsi tsi fly; Nagana tsetse fly; Tsetze; Tzetze; Tse tse fly; Tse Tse fly; Tzetze fly; Tse-Tse flies

tsetse fly

also tsetse (tsetse flies)

A tsetse fly or a tsetse is an African fly that feeds on blood and can cause serious diseases in the people and animals that it bites.

N-VAR

Zimb

·noun A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It is allied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive to cattle.

Tzetze

·noun ·same·as Tsetse.

Wikipedia

Tsetse fly

Tsetse ( SEET-see, US: TSEET-see or UK: TSET-sə) (sometimes spelled tzetze; also known as tik-tik flies), are large, biting flies that inhabit much of tropical Africa. Tsetse flies include all the species in the genus Glossina, which are placed in their own family, Glossinidae. The tsetse is an obligate parasite, which lives by feeding on the blood of vertebrate animals. Tsetse has been extensively studied, because of their role in transmitting disease. They have a prominent economic impact in sub-Saharan Africa, as the biological vectors of trypanosomes, causing human and animal trypanosomiasis.

Tsetse can be distinguished from other large flies by two easily-observed features: Primarily, tsetse fold their wings over their abdomens completely when they are resting (so that one wing rests directly on top of the other); Secondly, tsetse also have a long proboscis, extending directly forward, which is attached by a distinct bulb to the bottom of their heads.

Fossilized tsetse has been recovered from Paleogene-aged rocks in the United States and Germany. Twenty-three extant species of tsetse flies are known from the African continent as well as the Arabian Peninsula.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsetse fly

Examples of use of tsetse fly

1. Eradicating the Tsetse fly Scientists from the University of Greenwich have been working to eradicate the Tsetse fly from Africa through the use of a novel artificial cow.

2. In some regions, the tsetse fly–borne infection rivals or exceeds the toll AIDS takes.

3. Sleeping sickness is passed from human to human by tsetse fly bites.

4. It‘s beginning to look endemic, like a contagious disease transmitted by the tsetse fly in Africa.

5. Sleeping sickness, which is transmitted by the tsetse fly, is endemic in 36 African countries.