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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Bot Flies (Oestridae) » New World Skin Bot Flies (Cuterebrinae) » Rodent and Lagomorph Bot Flies (Cuterebra) » fontinella group (Cuterebra fontinella group) » Mouse Bot Fly (Cuterebra fontinella)

Species Cuterebra fontinella - Mouse Bot Fly

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Life Cycle
Cuterebra - Cuterebra fontinella Bot Fly - Cuterebra fontinella - female Unknown fly - Cuterebra fontinella - male Cuterebra fontinella Carpenter Bee Fly mimic ID? - Cuterebra fontinella - female Cuterebra fontinella fontinella - Cuterebra fontinella Bot Fly - Cuterebra fontinella - female Cuterebra - Cuterebra fontinella
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Oestridae (Bot Flies)
Subfamily Cuterebrinae (New World Skin Bot Flies)
Genus Cuterebra (Rodent and Lagomorph Bot Flies)
No Taxon (fontinella group)
Species fontinella (Mouse Bot Fly)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cuterebra angustifrons Dalmat, 1942
Cuterebra peromysci Dalmat, 1942
Life Cycle
Larvae develop inside live mice (Peromyscus)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 29 January, 2009 - 8:02pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 30 July, 2013 - 8:51pm

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