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 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