Cuterebra

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::summary Genus of flies ::

| image = Eastern_Gray_Squirrel_suffering_from_warbles.jpg | image_caption = Squirrel infested with Cuterebra | taxon = Cuterebra | authority = Clark 1815 | synonyms =

• Alouattamya
• Alouattamyia ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Cuterebra_larva_adult.png" caption="''Cuterebra'' larva and adult"] ::

Cuterebra, or rodent bots, is a genus of bot flies that attack rodents and similar animals.

Etymology

The genus name Cuterebra is a blend of the Latin words cutis 'skin' and terebra 'borer' with apparent shortening of expected Cutiterebra to Cuterebra.

Species

These 78 species belong to the genus Cuterebra:

• Cuterebra abdominalis Swenk, 1905 i c g b
• Cuterebra albata Sabrosky, 1986 i c g
• Cuterebra albipilosa Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b
• Cuterebra almeidai (Guimaraes & Carrera, 1941) c g
• Cuterebra americana (Fabricius, 1775) i c g b (woodrat bot fly)
• Cuterebra apicalis Guérin-Méneville, 1835 c g
• Cuterebra approximata Walker, 1866 i c g b
• Cuterebra arizonae Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b
• Cuterebra atrox Clark i c g b
• Cuterebra austeni Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b
• Cuterebra baeri Shannon & Greene, 1926 c g
• Cuterebra bajensis Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b
• Cuterebra buccata (Fabricius, 1776) i c g b (rabbit bot fly)
• Cuterebra bureni Dalmat, 1942 c g
• Cuterebra cayennensis Macquart, 1843 c g
• Cuterebra clarki Sabrosky, 1986 i c g
• Cuterebra cochisei Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b
• Cuterebra cometes Shannon & Ponte, 1926
• Cuterebra conflans Bau, 1929
• Cuterebra cuniculi (Clark, 1797) i c g b
• Cuterebra dasypoda Brauer, 1896 c g
• Cuterebra detrudator Clark, 1848 c g
• Cuterebra dorsalis Bau, 1929
• Cuterebra emasculator Fitch, 1856 i c g b (squirrel bot fly)
• Cuterebra enderleini Bau, 1929 i c g
• Cuterebra ephippium Latreille, 1818 c g
• Cuterebra fasciata Swenk, 1905 i c g
• Cuterebra fassleri Guimaraes, 1984 c g
• Cuterebra flaviventris (Bau, 1931) c g
• Cuterebra fontinella Clark, 1827 i c g b (mouse bot fly)
• Cuterebra funebris (Austen, 1895) c g
• Cuterebra gilvopilosa Bau, 1932 c g
• Cuterebra grandis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) c g
• Cuterebra grisea Coquillett, 1904 i c g
• Cuterebra histrio Coquillett, 1902 c g
• Cuterebra indistincta Sabrosky, 1986 i c g
• Cuterebra infulata Lutz, 1917 c g
• Cuterebra jellisoni Curran, 1942 i c g b
• Cuterebra latifrons Coquillett, 1898 i c g b
• Cuterebra lepida Austen, 1933
• Cuterebra lepivora Coquillett, 1898 i c g b
• Cuterebra lepusculi Townsend, 1897 i c g b (cottontail rabbit botfly)
• Cuterebra lopesi Guimaraes, 1990 c g
• Cuterebra lutzi Bau, 1930 c g
• Cuterebra maculosa Knab, 1914 c g
• Cuterebra megastoma Brauer, 1863 c g
• Cuterebra mirabilis Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b
• Cuterebra neomexicana Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b
• Cuterebra nigricans Lutz, 1917
• Cuterebra obscuriventris Sabrosky, 1986 i c g
• Cuterebra ornata Bau, 1928 c g
• Cuterebra patagona Guérin-Méneville, 1844 c g
• Cuterebra pessoai Guimaraes & Carrera, 1941 c g
• Cuterebra polita Coquillett, 1898 i c g b
• Cuterebra postica Sabrosky, 1986 c g
• Cuterebra praegrandis Austen, 1933 c g
• Cuterebra princeps (Austen, 1895) i c g
• Cuterebra pulchra Bau, 1930
• Cuterebra pusilla Bau, 1931
• Cuterebra pygmae Bau, 1931
• Cuterebra rubiginosa Bau, 1931
• Cuterebra ruficrus (Austen, 1933) i c g b
• Cuterebra rufiventris Macquart, 1843 c g
• Cuterebra sabroskyi Guimaraes, 1984 c g
• Cuterebra sarcophagoides Lutz, 1917
• Cuterebra schmalzi Lutz, 1917
• Cuterebra semiatra (Wiedemann, 1830) c g
• Cuterebra semilutea Bau, 1929 c g
• Cuterebra simulans Austen, 1933 c g
• Cuterebra sterilator Lugger, 1897 i c g
• Cuterebra sternopleuralis Sabrosky, 1986 i c g
• Cuterebra sternpleuralis Sabrosky, 1986
• Cuterebra tenebriformis Sabrosky, 1986 i c g
• Cuterebra tenebrosa Coquillett, 1898 i c g b (rodent bot fly)
• Cuterebra terrisona Walker, 1849 c g
• Cuterebra townsendi (Fonseca, 1941) c g
• Cuterebra trigonophora Brauer, 1863 c g
• Cuterebra worontzowi Guimaraes & Carrera, 1941 Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

References

1. An Essay on the Bots of Horses and other Animals. B Clark - 1815

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