# 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$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra albata Sabrosky, 1986$^{icg}$
* Cuterebra albipilosa Sabrosky, 1986$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra almeidai (Guimaraes & Carrera, 1941)$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra americana (Fabricius, 1775)$^{icgb}$ (woodrat bot fly)
* Cuterebra apicalis Guérin-Méneville, 1835$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra approximata Walker, 1866$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra arizonae Sabrosky, 1986$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra atrox Clark$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra austeni Sabrosky, 1986$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra baeri Shannon & Greene, 1926$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra bajensis Sabrosky, 1986$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra buccata (Fabricius, 1776)$^{icgb}$ (rabbit bot fly)
* Cuterebra bureni Dalmat, 1942$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra cayennensis Macquart, 1843$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra clarki Sabrosky, 1986$^{icg}$
* Cuterebra cochisei Sabrosky, 1986$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra cometes Shannon & Ponte, 1926
* Cuterebra conflans Bau, 1929
* Cuterebra cuniculi (Clark, 1797)$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra dasypoda Brauer, 1896$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra detrudator Clark, 1848$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra dorsalis Bau, 1929
* Cuterebra emasculator Fitch, 1856$^{icgb}$ (squirrel bot fly)
* Cuterebra enderleini Bau, 1929$^{icg}$
* Cuterebra ephippium Latreille, 1818$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra fasciata Swenk, 1905$^{icg}$
* Cuterebra fassleri Guimaraes, 1984$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra flaviventris (Bau, 1931)$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra fontinella Clark, 1827$^{icgb}$ (mouse bot fly)
* Cuterebra funebris (Austen, 1895)$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra gilvopilosa Bau, 1932$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra grandis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra grisea Coquillett, 1904$^{icg}$
* Cuterebra histrio Coquillett, 1902$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra indistincta Sabrosky, 1986$^{icg}$
* Cuterebra infulata Lutz, 1917$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra jellisoni Curran, 1942$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra latifrons Coquillett, 1898$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra lepida Austen, 1933
* Cuterebra lepivora Coquillett, 1898$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra lepusculi Townsend, 1897$^{icgb}$ (cottontail rabbit botfly)
* Cuterebra lopesi Guimaraes, 1990$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra lutzi Bau, 1930$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra maculosa Knab, 1914$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra megastoma Brauer, 1863$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra mirabilis Sabrosky, 1986$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra neomexicana Sabrosky, 1986$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra nigricans Lutz, 1917
* Cuterebra obscuriventris Sabrosky, 1986$^{icg}$
* Cuterebra ornata Bau, 1928$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra patagona Guérin-Méneville, 1844$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra pessoai Guimaraes & Carrera, 1941$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra polita Coquillett, 1898$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra postica Sabrosky, 1986$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra praegrandis Austen, 1933$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra princeps (Austen, 1895)$^{icg}$
* Cuterebra pulchra Bau, 1930
* Cuterebra pusilla Bau, 1931
* Cuterebra pygmae Bau, 1931
* Cuterebra rubiginosa Bau, 1931
* Cuterebra ruficrus (Austen, 1933)$^{icgb}$
* Cuterebra rufiventris Macquart, 1843$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra sabroskyi Guimaraes, 1984$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra sarcophagoides Lutz, 1917
* Cuterebra schmalzi Lutz, 1917
* Cuterebra semiatra (Wiedemann, 1830)$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra semilutea Bau, 1929$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra simulans Austen, 1933$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra sterilator Lugger, 1897$^{icg}$
* Cuterebra sternopleuralis Sabrosky, 1986$^{icg}$
* Cuterebra sternpleuralis Sabrosky, 1986
* Cuterebra tenebriformis Sabrosky, 1986$^{icg}$
* Cuterebra tenebrosa Coquillett, 1898$^{icgb}$ (rodent bot fly)
* Cuterebra terrisona Walker, 1849$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra townsendi (Fonseca, 1941)$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra trigonophora Brauer, 1863$^{cg}$
* Cuterebra worontzowi Guimaraes & Carrera, 1941
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net