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From: Molecular and morphological characterization of three new species of avian Onchocercidae (Nematoda) with emphasis on circulating microfilariae

Fig. 3

Eufilaria sylviae sp. n. from Sylvia borin (garden warbler). a Male posterior extremity (alive worm). b Female posterior extremity (ethanol-fixed). c Female anterior extremity (ethanol-fixed). d Vulva (ethanol-fixed). eg Microfilariae from liver blood films (Giemsa-stained). h Posterior part of microfilaria from liver blood (Giemsa-stained). Note that all microfilariae have a sharply pointed, curved tail and small inner body. Scale bars: ag 100 μm, h 30 μm. See captions to Figs. 1 and 2 for abbreviations

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