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Labellar microstructure in tsetse flies (Glossinidae)
Author(s) -
POPHAM EDWARD J.,
ABDILLAHI M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1979.tb00611.x
Subject(s) - biology , glossinidae , zoology , simple eye in invertebrates , hippopotamus , range (aeronautics) , glossina morsitans , botany , ecology , composite material , materials science
. Stereo‐electron micrographs of the labellar armature of eleven of the commoner species of Glossina indicate that the most generalized type of labellum occurs in G.palpalis , a species which feeds on a wide range of animals. The species of the fusca and morsitans groups show independently evolved adaptations to feeding on bovids and other mammals. G.brevipalpis has a generalized type of labellum with special adaptations to feeding on hippopotamus and suids and the labellum of G.longipennis is specialized for feeding on elephant and rhinoceros. The range of labellar structure within Glossina is not entirely consistent with the traditional classification of the genus into fusca, palpalis and morsitans species‐groups.