Note on the Tabanids and Glossina of the lower valley of the Omo (Ethiopia).

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1972
Authors:M. Ovazza, Rodhain F.
Journal:Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique
Volume:65
Pagination:166-169
Date Published:1972
Keywords:Africa, Atylotus agrestis, Ethiopia, Tabanidae
Abstract:

The inhabitants of the Omo valley in the extreme south-west of Ethiopia have to pasture their cattle and goats at a distance of some 40 km on account of the presence of Glossina infesting the fringe forest of the Omo. From surveys in July-September in 1968, 1969 and 1971 G. fuscipes fuscipes Newst., G. pallidipes Aust. and G. longipennis Corti are recorded from the lower Omo [cf. RAE/B 60, 1573], together with five species of Tabanids, among which much the most abundant was Atylotus agrestis (Wied.).

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