1885-90; < Neo-Latin: genus name, so called from its long proboscis; see gloss-, -ina
glossina in Medicine
Glossina Glos·si·na (glô-sī'nə) n. A genus of bloodsucking dipterous flies comprising the tsetse flies of tropical and subtropical Africa; they serve as vectors of the pathogenic trypanosomes that cause various forms of African trypanosomiasis.