@article{fdi:010068879, title = {{T}he wing venation patterns to identify single tsetse flies}, author = {{K}aba, {D}. and {B}ert{\'e}, {D}. and {T}a, {B}. {T}. {D}. and {T}elleria, {J}enny and {S}olano, {P}hilippe and {D}ujardin, {J}ean-{P}ierre}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his is the first study to explore the potential of various geometric morphometrics methods to help the morphological diagnostic of tsetse species, vectors of human and animal trypanosomiases in sub-{S}aharan {A}frica. {W}e compared landmarks, semilandmarks and outlines techniques on male and female samples of species, and suggested adapted strategies according to the countries and their own {G}lossina fauna. {W}e could compare up to 7 taxa belonging to the three main subgenera of the {G}lossina genus: {N}emorhina (5 species), {G}lossina (1 species) and {A}ustenina (1 species). {O}ur sample included the major vectors of sleeping sickness: {G}. palpalis palpalis, {G}. p. gambiensis, {G}. fuscipes fuscipes and {G}. f. quanzensis, as well as two important vectors of {A}frican animal trypanosomoses: {G}. tachinoides and {G}lossina morsitans submorsitans. {T}he average level of correct species recognition by the wing shape was satisfactory, and slightly higher for females than for males. {T}he best scores of correct assignment, in both sexes, were obtained by the contour technique (96% of correct attribution in females, 92% in males), slightly higher than for semilandmarks (95% and 91%) or landmarks (94% and 89%) techniques. {W}e made our images of wings freely available to be used as reference images (}, keywords = {{G}lossina ; {S}leeping sickness ; {L}andmarks ; {S}emilandmarks ; {O}utlines ; {D}igital ; data bank ; {AFRIQUE} {SUBSAHARIENNE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{I}nfection {G}enetics and {E}volution}, volume = {47}, numero = {}, pages = {132--139}, ISSN = {1567-1348}, year = {2017}, DOI = {10.1016/j.meegid.2016.10.008}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068879}, }