Table 1 Morphological features and localization within the host organism for some Herpetomonas and Leptomonas species

Host species

Euplotes encysticus

Culicoides kibunensis, Culicoides truncorum

Culicoides truncorum

Euplotes sp.

Paraholosticha sterkii

Location

Mainly macronucleus

Hindgut and Malpighian tubules

Malpighian tubules

Only macronucleus

Only macronucleus

Cell length

4.0 ± 0.2

8.9 ± 0.4

8.2 ± 0.3

5

6-8

Cell width

1.3 ± 0.7

2.1 ± 0.1

2.7 ± 1.2

1.7

2-3

Flagellum length

10.2 ± 0.8

10.7 ± 1.1

10.2 ± 2.3

12

10-14

Kinetoplast width

0.30 ± 0.05

0.16 ± 0.07^b

0.125 ± 0.025^b

0.18 + 0.0^c

0.4^c

Kinetoplast position

Closer to posterior end

Closer to anterior end^b

Anterior end (mic p, l p)^b; central (s p)^b;

Not reported

Nearly central

Nucleus position

Closer to posterior end

Nearly central^b

Anterior end (mic p)^b; central (s p, l p)^c;

Not reported

Close to posterior

Kinetoplast/nucleus position

Close each other

With some distance^b

Close (mic p, s p)^b; distant (l p)^b;

Close each other

Close each other

Posterior end shape

Rounded

Fine pointed^b

Pointed (mic p)^b

Rounded

Slightly conical

References

Present study

[8, 13]

[9]

[21]

[22]