Biology:Cuterebra cuniculi

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Short description: Species of fly

Cuterebra cuniculi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Oestridae
Genus: Cuterebra
Species:
C. cuniculi
Binomial name
Cuterebra cuniculi
(Clark, 1797)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cuterebra horripilum Clark, 1815
  • Clark, 1797 Oestrus cuniculi

Cuterebra cuniculi is a species of new world skin bot fly in the family Oestridae.[1][2][3] Its range is restricted to the states of Georgia and Florida. Its larvae are parasites of the eastern cottontail and marsh rabbit.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Cuterebra cuniculi Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=151742. Retrieved 2019-09-24. 
  2. "Cuterebra cuniculi". https://www.gbif.org/species/1587494. Retrieved 2019-09-24. 
  3. Slansky, Frank (June 2006). "CUTEREBRA BOT FLIES (DIPTERA: OESTRIDAE) AND THEIR INDIGENOUS HOSTS AND POTENTIAL HOSTS IN FLORIDA". Florida Entomologist 89 (2): 152–160. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2006)89[152:CBFDOA2.0.CO;2]. 

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