High-altitude Hover Fly vs Fuscipes Tsetse Fly

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute High-altitude Hover Fly Fuscipes Tsetse Fly
Scientific Name Platycheirus alpinus Glossina fuscipes
Order Diptera Diptera
Family Syrphidae Glossinidae
Size 6-9 mm body length 7-10 mm
Habitat Meadows Rivers & Streams
Diet Nectar Feeders Herbivores
Regions Northern Europe, Alps, Arctic Central and East Africa, from Cameroon to Uganda
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

High-altitude Hover Fly

A small hover fly with flattened front legs, found in alpine and arctic habitats. It is an important pollinator of mountain wildflowers.

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Did You Know?

Its flattened front tarsi are thought to help scrape pollen from flowers.

Fuscipes Tsetse Fly

A small riverine tsetse fly that is the major vector of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in Central and East Africa. It inhabits riverine vegetation and lakeshores and is responsible for most human African trypanosomiasis cases. Multiple subspecies exist with different geographic ranges.

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Did You Know?

It is responsible for transmitting over 90 percent of human sleeping sickness cases, mostly in the Democratic Republic of Congo.