A biting fly found in Africa, genus Glossina, which may transmit sleeping sickness.
n. a large bloodsucking fly of tropical Africa belonging to the genus Glossina. Tsetse flies, which have slender forwardly projecting biting mouthparts, feed during the day on humans and other mammals. They transmit the blood parasites that cause *sleeping sickness. G. palpalis and G. tachinoides, which are found along river banks, transmit Trypanosoma gambiense; G. morsitans, G. swynnertoni, and G. pallidipes, which are found in savannah country, transmit T. rhodesiense.
The bites of tsetse flies, which are found in Africa, can be painful. The flies, resembling brown houseflies, spread sleeping sickness.... tsetse fly bites
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