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Why did Burton, writing in 1860, refer to the tsetse fly as not having died out in eastern Africa? Although in southern Africa its range retracted before the rinderpest panzootic of 1896 this was generally not commented upon until after that date, long after Burton wrote. In 1888 an article in the 9th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica noted the tsetse fly in South Africa appeared to be gradually retreating northwards “following the big game”. The northern limits of its distribution were not known.
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Spinage, C.A. (2012). The Tsetse Fly II: Decline and Recovery. In: African Ecology. Springer Geography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22872-8_18
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