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.
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Vinony's link graph records 33 inbound references to Cuterebra, and connects out to Animalia, insect and Rodentia.
It is catalogued under topics including Cuterebra, Encyclopedia of Life ID same as Wikidata and Oestroidea genera.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 228
- With media
- 47
- Family
- Oestridae
- Collections
- FCB-UANL, IIZD-UASLP, UAM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
Wikidata facts
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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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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Species
- See also
- References
- External links
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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