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- https://doi.org/10.4060/cd2022en
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- 978-92-5-139040-5
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- #224 p.
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- Rome, Italy
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- FAO
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- Cecchi, G., Paone, M., de Gier, J. and Zhao, W. 2024. The continental atlas of the distribution of tsetse flies in Africa. PAAT Technical and Scientific Series, No. 12. Rome, FAO.
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- Technical
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- PAAT Technical and Scientific Series
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- CD2022EN
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Table of Contents
- The continental atlas of the distribution of tsetse flies in Africa 1
- Contents 5
- Authors 15
- Acknowledgements 16
- Abbreviations and acronyms 17
- Foreword 18
- Executive summary 20
- Chapter 1. Background 23
- Introduction 23
- Mapping Tsetse flies at the continental level 23
- Past efforts and rationale for the continental atlas 23
- The continental atlas initiative 24
- Chapter 2. Methodology 25
- Searching, selecting and accessing the publications 25
- Search 25
- Selection criteria 25
- Access to the publications 25
- Repository 25
- Data processing 28
- Database 28
- Sources 28
- Geographical data 29
- Tsetse distribution 29
- Chapter 3. Results 31
- Genus Glossina 31
- Riverine (palpalis) group (subgenus Nemorhina) 34
- Glossina caliginea 38
- Glossina fuscipes 39
- Glossina fuscipes fuscipes 41
- Glossina fuscipes martinii 42
- Glossina fuscipes quanzensis 43
- Glossina pallicera 45
- Glossina pallicera newsteadi 46
- Glossina pallicera pallicera 47
- Glossina palpalis 48
- Glossina palpalis gambiensis 50
- Glossina palpalis palpalis 52
- Glossina tachinoides 54
- Savannah (morsitans) group (subgenus Glossina s.s.) 55
- Glossina austeni 59
- Glossina longipalpis 60
- Glossina morsitans 61
- Glossina morsitans centralis 63
- Glossina morsitans morsitans 65
- Glossina morsitans submorsitans 67
- Glossina pallidipes 68
- Glossina swynnertoni 70
- Forest (fusca) group (subgenus Austenina) 72
- Glossina brevipalpis 77
- Glossina frezili 79
- Glossina fusca 80
- Glossina fusca congolensis 82
- Glossina fusca fusca 83
- Glossina fuscipleuris 84
- Glossina longipennis 85
- Glossina medicorum 87
- Glossina nashi 88
- Glossina nigrofusca 90
- Glossina nigrofusca nigrofusca 91
- Glossina nigrofusca hopkinsi 92
- Glossina tabaniformis 92
- Other species of the fusca group 93
- Glossina haningtoni 93
- Glossina schwetzi 93
- Glossina severini 93
- Glossina vanhoofi 94
- Chapter 4. Discussion 95
- Major strenghts of the atlas 95
- Currency 95
- Sources 95
- The atlas as a geospatial database 95
- “Absence” points 95
- Mapping accuracy 96
- Major weaknesses of the atlas 98
- Sources 98
- Spatial gaps 98
- Temporal gaps 99
- Possible inaccuracies in the data sources 100
- Linkages between the continental atlas and national atlases 101
- The continental atlas of tsetse flies and human African trypanosomiasis 102
- Chapter 5. Conclusions 105
- References 107
- Annexes 119
- Annex 1. Scientific papers used as sourcesto develop the atlas 121
- Annex 2. Journals and publishers of the scientific papersused as sources to develop the atlas 149
- Annex 3. Structure of the atlas database 151
- Annex 4. Tsetse distribution maps at the country level 153
