Glossina pallidipes is one of the 23 recognized species of tsetse flies (genus Glossina), and it belongs to the savannah/morsitans group (subgenus Glossina s.s.).

Glossina pallidipes is a major vector of African trypanosomiasis, both for the human and the animal form of the disease.

[1][2] Glossina pallidipes was known to be patchily distributed across East Africa, from Ethiopia to Mozambique.

A review of the peer-reviewed scientific literature for the period 1990–2020 revealed that there is abundant data on the occurrence of G. pallidipes, with over 200 papers published.

[3] The data indicate that the species presently infests 9 countries: Ethiopia,[4] Kenya,[5] Malawi,[6] Mozambique, Rwanda,[7][8] Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania,[9] Zambia and Zimbabwe.