Fig. 7
Lateral images (left and right) of the Culicoides specimens used in the present study. The dark macula in the abdomen of C. biguttaus_G01 indicates blood meal. All specimens in this figure are female. Images were organized by treatment received, where all the specimens listed here underwent mitochondrial isolation previous mitogenome sequencing. Lateral images (left and right) of the Culicoides specimens used in the present study. The dark macula in the abdomen of C. biguttaus_G04 indicates blood meal. All specimens in this figure are female. Images were organized by treatment received, where all the specimens listed here underwent direct mitogenome sequencing without mitochondrial isolation.