Queensland Fruit Fly vs Fuscipes Tsetse Fly
Side-by-side species comparison
| Attribute | Queensland Fruit Fly | Fuscipes Tsetse Fly |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Bactrocera tryoni | Glossina fuscipes |
| Order | Diptera | Diptera |
| Family | Tephritidae | Glossinidae |
| Size | 6-8 mm | 7-10 mm |
| Habitat | Orchards | Rivers & Streams |
| Diet | Fruit Feeders | Herbivores |
| Regions | Australia, Pacific Islands | Central and East Africa, from Cameroon to Uganda |
| Conservation | Least Concern | Least Concern |
Queensland Fruit Fly
Australia's most economically damaging fruit fly with a reddish-brown body. It attacks a wide range of cultivated fruits and vegetables.
Did You Know?
Interstate quarantine zones in Australia exist largely to prevent its spread to fruit-growing regions.
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.
Did You Know?
It is responsible for transmitting over 90 percent of human sleeping sickness cases, mostly in the Democratic Republic of Congo.