Cuterebra
Sign in to savethumb|Cuterebra larva and adult Cuterebra, or rodent bots, is a genus of bot flies that attack rodents and similar animals.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 228
- With media
- 47
- Family
- Oestridae
- Collections
- FCB-UANL, IIZD-UASLP, UAM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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- topic's main category
- Category:Cuterebra
- taxon name
- Cuterebra
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- Rodent and Lagomorph Bot Flies
- Commons category
- Cuterebra
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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thumb|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.
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