Glossina
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Glossina morsitans
See also: glossina
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”) + -ina (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Glossina f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Glossinidae – the tsetse flies.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Hippoboscoidea - superfamily; Glossinidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Glossina austeni, Glossina brevipalpis, Glossina caliginea, Glossina frezili, Glossina fusca, Glossina fuscipes, Glossina fuscipleuralis, Glossina haningtoni, Glossina longipalpis, Glossina longipennis, Glossina medicorum, Glossina morsitans, Glossina nashi, Glossina nigrofusca, Glossina pallicera, Glossina pallidipes, Glossina palpalis, Glossina schwetzi, Glossina severini, Glossina swynnertoni, Glossina tabaniformis, Glossina tachinoides, Glossina vanhoofi - species
References
Tsetse fly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Glossina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Glossinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Glossina at the Catalogue of Life
