participates in located in Trypanosoma cruzi Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigote A Trypanosoma cruzi that is found in the intestinal tract of the insect vector. In this form, the kinetoplast is found anterior and adjacent to the nucleus. The flagellum emerges in the middle of the cell. Jie Zheng Priti Parikh Chris Stoeckert http://dna.kdna.ucla.edu/parasite_course-old/cruzi_files/intro.htm T. cruzi epimastigote Triatominae midgut Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigote stage