Cuterebra
Appearance
Cuterebra | |
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Squirrel infested with Cuterebra | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Oestridae |
Subfamily: | Cuterebrinae |
Genus: | Cuterebra Clark 1815[1] |
Synonyms | |
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Cuterebra, or rodent bots, is a genus of bot flies that attack rodents and similar animals.
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]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,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ An Essay on the Bots of Horses and other Animals. B Clark - 1815
- ^ "Cuterebra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "Browse Cuterebra". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "Cuterebra". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "Cuterebra Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
External links
[edit]- "Cuterebra" at the Encyclopedia of Life