Pest Species

Tsetse Fly

Glossina palpalis palpalis
Tsetse Flies

Nigeria

Nasarawa State

Control Measure

Synopsis

  • This  study was conducted between 1980 and 1982
  • The study integrated insecticide-impregnated targets, traps and the sterile insect technique to eradicate Glossina palpalis palpalis in an area of the sub-humid zone of Nigeria.
  • The study area was 1500 square kilometers
  • A minimum sterile:wild male ratio of 10:1 was necessary to eradicate
    G. p. palpalis
  • The sterile insect technique proved successful where other methods were considered unsuitable.

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The eradication of Glossina-palpalis-palpalis (Robineau-Desvoidy) (diptera, Glossinidae) using traps, insecticide-impregnated targets and the sterile insect technique in central Nigeria

W. Takken, M. A. Oladunmade, L. Dengwat, H. U. Feldmann, J. A. Onah, S. O. Tenabe and H. J. Hamann,  Bulletin of Entomological Research,  76:275-286. 1986.
The integrated use of biconical traps, insecticide-impregnated targets and the sterile insect technique was developed for the eradication of Glossina palpalis palpalis (Robineau-Desvoidy) in a 1500-km2 area of central Nigeria. Six weeks or more of continuous removal trapping, ...