Cuterebra

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

See also

• Cuterebriasis

External links

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