Cuterebra

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

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

See also

• Cuterebriasis

References

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