Table 1 Morphometry of putative metacyclic trypomastigotes in Culicoides nubeculosus biting midges gut

Length

19.8 ± 0.4 (14.6–24.7)

16.7 ± 0.5 (11.5–21.8)

114.0 ± 0.3 (12.0–17.8)

Width

0.9 ± 0.1 (0.6–1.5)

1.1 ± 0.1 (0.5–1.7)

1.4 ± 0.1 (1.0–2.3)

Flagellum

6.9 ± 0.2 (4.5–11.2)

6.5 ± 0.3 (3.1–9.1)

5.7 ± 0.2 (3.9–8.9)

KN

3.3 ± 0.1 (1.8–4.7)

2.0 ± 0.1 (1.1–5.1)

0.9 ± 0.1 (0.6–1.4)

PK

3.4± 0.1 (1.7–5.3)

2.7 ± 0.1 (1.2–3.8)

2.4 ± 0.1 (1.2–4.2)

PN

6.6 ± 0.2 (4.4–8.7)

4.5 ± 0.2 (2.4–6.8)

2.5 ± 0.1 (1.5–4.7)