Flies in several genera may cause myiasis (infection with the larval stage [maggots] of various flies) in humans, including, occasionally, flies in the New World genus Cuterebra (Diptera: Oestridae). Adult C. hominovorax flies lay their eggs directly in, or in the vicinity of, wounds on the host.
Cuterebra, or rodent bots, is a genus of bot flies that attack rodents and similar animals.
The genus name Cuterebra is a blend of the Latin words cutis : skin and terebra : borer with apparent shortening of expected Cutiterebra to Cuterebra.
These 78 species belong to the genus Cuterebra:
Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]
Cuterebra, or rodent bots, is a genus of bot flies that attack rodents and similar animals.
Cuterebra larva and adult
