''Cuterebra'', or rodent bots, is a genus of
bot flies
Botflies, also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, are a family of flies known as the Oestridae. Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals, some species growing in the host's flesh and others within the gut. ''Dermatobia homin ...
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'':
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Cuterebra abdominalis''
Swenk, 1905 i c g b
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Cuterebra albata''
Sabrosky, 1986 i c g
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Cuterebra albipilosa''
Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b
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Cuterebra almeidai
''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 '' ...
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(Guimaraes & Carrera, 1941) c g
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Cuterebra americana''
(Fabricius, 1775) i c g b (woodrat bot fly)
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Cuterebra apicalis
''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 '' ...
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Guérin-Méneville, 1835 c g
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Cuterebra approximata''
Walker, 1866 i c g b
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Cuterebra arizonae''
Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b
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Cuterebra atrox
''Cuterebra atrox'' is a species of new world skin bot fly in the family Oestridae
Botflies, also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, are a family of flies known as the Oestridae. Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals, so ...
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Clark i c g b
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Cuterebra austeni''
Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b
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Cuterebra baeri
''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 '' ...
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Shannon & Greene, 1926 c g
* ''
Cuterebra bajensis''
Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b
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Cuterebra buccata''
(Fabricius, 1776) i c g b (rabbit bot fly)
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Cuterebra bureni''
Dalmat, 1942 c g
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Cuterebra cayennensis
''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 '' ...
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Macquart, 1843 c g
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Cuterebra clarki
''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 '' ...
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Sabrosky, 1986 i c g
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Cuterebra cochisei''
Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b
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Cuterebra cometes''
Shannon & Ponte, 1926
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Cuterebra conflans''
Bau, 1929
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Cuterebra cuniculi''
(Clark, 1797) i c g b
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Cuterebra dasypoda''
Brauer, 1896 c g
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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
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Cuterebra fassleri
''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 '' ...
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Guimaraes, 1984 c g
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Cuterebra flaviventris
''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 ' ...
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(Bau, 1931) c g
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Cuterebra fontinella
''Cuterebra fontinella'', the mouse bot fly, is a species of New World skin bot fly in the family Oestridae. ''C. fontinella'' is typically around in length with a black and yellow color pattern. ''C. fontinella'' develops by parasitizing nutrien ...
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Clark, 1827 i c g b (mouse bot fly)
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Cuterebra funebris''
(Austen, 1895) c g
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Cuterebra gilvopilosa''
Bau, 1932 c g
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Cuterebra grandis''
(Guérin-Méneville, 1844) c g
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Cuterebra grisea
''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 ' ...
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Coquillett, 1904 i c g
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Cuterebra histrio
''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 ' ...
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Coquillett, 1902 c g
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Cuterebra indistincta''
Sabrosky, 1986 i c g
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Cuterebra infulata
''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 ' ...
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Lutz, 1917 c g
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Cuterebra jellisoni''
Curran, 1942 i c g b
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Cuterebra latifrons''
Coquillett, 1898 i c g b
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Cuterebra lepida''
Austen, 1933
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Cuterebra lepivora''
Coquillett, 1898 i c g b
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Cuterebra lepusculi''
Townsend, 1897 i c g b (cottontail rabbit botfly)
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Cuterebra lopesi
''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 ' ...
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Guimaraes, 1990 c g
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Cuterebra lutzi''
Bau, 1930 c g
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Cuterebra maculosa''
Knab, 1914 c g
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Cuterebra megastoma
''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 '' ...
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Brauer, 1863 c g
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Cuterebra mirabilis
''Cuterebra mirabilis'' is a species of new world skin bot fly in the family Oestridae
Botflies, also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, are a family of flies known as the Oestridae. Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals ...
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Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b
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Cuterebra neomexicana''
Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b
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Cuterebra nigricans
''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 '' ...
''
Lutz, 1917
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Cuterebra obscuriventris''
Sabrosky, 1986 i c g
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Cuterebra ornata''
Bau, 1928 c g
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Cuterebra patagona''
Guérin-Méneville, 1844 c g
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Cuterebra pessoai
''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 ' ...
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Guimaraes & Carrera, 1941 c g
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Cuterebra polita
''Cuterebra polita'' is a species of new world skin bot fly in the family Oestridae
Botflies, also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, are a family of flies known as the Oestridae. Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals, s ...
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Coquillett, 1898 i c g b
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Cuterebra postica''
Sabrosky, 1986 c g
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Cuterebra praegrandis''
Austen, 1933 c g
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Cuterebra princeps''
(Austen, 1895) i c g
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Cuterebra pulchra''
Bau, 1930
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Cuterebra pusilla''
Bau, 1931
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Cuterebra pygmae
''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 ' ...
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Bau, 1931
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Cuterebra rubiginosa''
Bau, 1931
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Cuterebra ruficrus
''Cuterebra ruficrus'' is a species of new world skin bot fly in the family Oestridae
Botflies, also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, are a family of flies known as the Oestridae. Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals, ...
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(Austen, 1933) i c g b
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Cuterebra rufiventris''
Macquart, 1843 c g
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Cuterebra sabroskyi''
Guimaraes, 1984 c g
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Cuterebra sarcophagoides''
Lutz, 1917
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Cuterebra schmalzi''
Lutz, 1917
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Cuterebra semiatra''
(Wiedemann, 1830) c g
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Cuterebra semilutea
''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 ' ...
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Bau, 1929 c g
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Cuterebra simulans''
Austen, 1933 c g
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Cuterebra sterilator''
Lugger, 1897 i c g
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Cuterebra sternopleuralis''
Sabrosky, 1986 i c g
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Cuterebra sternpleuralis''
Sabrosky, 1986
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Cuterebra tenebriformis''
Sabrosky, 1986 i c g
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Cuterebra tenebrosa
''Cuterebra tenebrosa'', the rodent bot fly, is a species of new world skin bot fly in the family Oestridae.
References
Oestridae
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Insects described in 1898
Parasites of rodents
{{Oestroidea-stub ...
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Coquillett, 1898 i c g b (rodent bot fly)
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Cuterebra terrisona
''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 ' ...
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Walker, 1849 c g
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Cuterebra townsendi''
(Fonseca, 1941) c g
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Cuterebra trigonophora''
Brauer, 1863 c g
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Cuterebra worontzowi''
Guimaraes & Carrera, 1941
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
See also
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Cuterebriasis
References
External links
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Oestridae
Parasitic flies
Parasites of rodents
Oestroidea genera