Glossinidae (Noun)
Meaning
Flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Glossinidae are known to transmit the parasitic disease trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, to humans and animals in Africa.
- The tsetse flies of the family Glossinidae are typically 1-1.5 centimeters long, with a distinctively large, rigid body.
- There are approximately 34 known species within the Glossinidae family, although the taxonomy of this group is still not fully resolved.
- Entomologists study the behavior and ecology of Glossinidae in order to better understand and control the spread of trypanosomiasis.
- Tsetse flies in the family Glossinidae have a unique reproductive biology, giving birth to live young and feeding their larvae milk-like secretions from the female's uterus.