From: A scoping review on tsetse fly blood meal sources and its assay methods since 1956 to 2022
Hosts preferred for blood meal by tsetse | |||||
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Tsetse fly species | No. of publications | Percentage % | Major hosts | Minor hosts | Reference(s) |
Group I: Glossina feeding mainly on Suidae (G. austeni and G. fuscipleuris) | |||||
G. austeni | 2 | 2.3 | Bushpig | Cattle | |
G. fuscipleuris | 1 | 1.1 | Bushpig | Cattle | [12] |
Group II: Glossina feeding equally on Suidae and Bovidae (Glossina morsitans morsitans, G. m. submorsitans and G. m. centralis) | |||||
G. m. morsitans | 11 | 12.6 | Kudu, buffalo, bushbuck, bushpig, warthog, elephant | Waterbuck, hippopotamus, rhino, reptiles, baboon | |
G. m. centralis | 1 | 1.1 | Human, cattle, dog, bushpig, African buffalo | Greater kudu, rat, bat, waterbuck | [50] |
Group III: Glossina feeding mainly on Bovidae (Glossina pallidipes, G. longipalpis and G. fusca) | |||||
G. pallidipes | 21 | 24.1 | Bushbuck, buffalo, greater kudu, elephant, human warthog, bushpig, hippopotamus | Chicken, mouse, goat, hyena, giraffe, antelope | |
G. longipalpis | 1 | 1.1 | Bushbuck, Duiker | Monitor lizard, hippopotamus and rodents, bushpig, cattle, dog, chicken | [10] |
G. fusca | 1 | 1.0 | Bushbuck | Cattle, domestic pig, warthog | [12] |
Group IV: Species feeding mainly on mammals other than the domestic pigs or Bovidae (Glossina longipennis and G. brevipalpis) | |||||
G. swynnertoni | 4 | 4.6 | Buffalo, giraffe, warthog, elephant, human, hippopotamus | Hyena, ostrich, eland, baboon, Kori bustard, mice, waterbuck, pig, lion, duiker, gazelle | |
G. brevipalpis | 4 | 4.6 | Hippopotamus, bushbuck, elephant, | Warthog, bushpig, waterbuck, cattle, buffalo | |
G. longipennis | 3 | 3.4 | Bushpig, warthog, hippopotamus, buffalo, elephant, warthog | Rhino, dik-dik, ostrich | |
Group 5: Species that fed on human and other available hosts (Glossina palpalis, G. fuscipes and G. tachinoides) | Reference | ||||
G. p. palpalis | 12 | 13.8 | Pigs, human, cattle, Nile monitor lizard | Sheep, dog, duiker monkey, sitatunga, golden cat, warthog, bushbuck, hippopotamus, wild birds, rodents | |
G. f. fuscipes | 10 | 11.5 | Buffalo, human, sitatunga, Nile monitor lizard, pig | Buffalo, sitatunga, duiker, bushpig, goat, African elephant, dog, African mud turtle | |
G. tachinoides | 3 | 3.4 | Human, cattle, | Spotted hyena, giraffe, crocodile, goat | |
G. p. gambiensis | 4 | 4.6 | Cattle, domestic pig, warthog | human, bushbuck, reptiles | |
G. medicorum | 1 | 1.1 | Bushbuck | Cattle, human, crocodile, monitor lizard, warthog, bushpig | [10] |
G. f. quanzensis | 2 | 2.3 | Human, pigs | ||
G. pallicera | 2 | 2.3 | Human, pig, | Goat, sheep, python | |
G. tabaniformis | 1 | 1 .1 | Buffalo, human, sitatunga | Bushpig, duiker | [49] |
G. caliginea | 2 | 2.3 | Buffalo Human, snake | Goat | |
G. nigrofusca | 2 | 2.3 | Human | Sitatunga | [13] |