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The Food of Tsetse-flies (Glossina swynnertoni and G. palpalis) as determined by the Precipitin Test*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

C. B. Symes  and
J. P. McMahon
C. B. Symes
Affiliation:
Section of Entomology, Medical Research Laboratory, Nairobi.
J. P. McMahon
Affiliation:
Section of Entomology, Medical Research Laboratory, Nairobi.
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1. The main food hosts of Glossina swynnertoni in a district of Tanganyika appear to be (a) one or more Bovids, perhaps kudu or roan, exhibiting a close blood relationship to ox or buffalo ; (b) giraffe ; (c) pig. There is evidence that monkey or baboon is also made use of and that zebra definitely is not.

2. With regard to G. palpalis on Maboko Island, crocodile and hippopotamus are important hosts. But they are far less important than we had supposed. The majority of flies appear to have fed on some animal not yet determined.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , March 1937 , pp. 31 - 42
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1937

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* Throughout these notes :— Excluding = tested in the presence of Thomson's gazelle antiserum and reacting only to wildebeeste.

Including = not tested in the presence of Thomson's gazelle antisera and therefore may include any or all of the group reacting to Thomson's gazelle, except eland.