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Definition of Genus glossina
1. Noun. Type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies.
Group relationships: Family Glossinidae, Glossinidae
Member holonyms: Glossina, Tsetse, Tsetse Fly, Tzetze, Tzetze Fly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Glossina
Literary usage of Genus glossina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"Genus. Glossina, Westwood. [This genus contains sixteen species,1 all of which
are confined to the Ethiopian region. Glossina may be distinguished from ..."
2. Human Parasitology: With Notes on Bacteriology, Mycology, Laboratory by Damaso de Rivas (1920)
"genus glossina (Wiedemann, 1830) The Glossina, or "tsetse-flies," present the
... the fly a tongue-shaped appearance—hence the name of the genus, Glossina. ..."
3. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"Restated that he had made a careful examination of all the hitherto described
species of the genus Glossina, which had not only revealed some very striking ..."
4. Transactions of the Epidemiological Society of London by Epidemiological Society of London (1904)
"Moreover, in the text, after indicating reasons for supposing that "a fly of the
genus Glossina" is the carrier of the disease, and stating that " the genus ..."
5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1899)
"... and thirteen species of which seven are new. Glossina longipennis Corti.
Genus GLOSSINA. Two females taken August 19, 1894, and August 24, 1894. ..."
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