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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 * ''Cuterebra albata'' Sabrosky, 1986 * ''Cuterebra albipilosa'' Sabrosky, 1986 * '' Cuterebra almeidai'' (Guimaraes & Carrera, 1941) * ''Cuterebra americana'' (Fabricius, 1775) (woodrat bot fly) * '' Cuterebra apicalis'' Guérin-Méneville, 1835 * ''Cuterebra approximata'' Walker, 1866 * ''Cuterebra arizonae'' Sabrosky, 1986 * ''Cuterebra atrox'' Clark * '' Cuterebra austeni'' Sabrosky, 1986 * '' Cuterebra baeri'' Shannon & Greene, 1926 * '' Cuterebra bajensis'' Sabrosky, 1986 * ''Cuterebra buccata'' (Fabricius, 1776) (rabbit bot fly) * '' Cuterebra bureni'' Dalmat, 1942 * '' Cuterebra cayennensis'' Macquar ...
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