Cuterebridae

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Noun1.Cuterebridae - New World botflies
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Diptera, order Diptera - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
Cuterebra, genus Cuterebra - type genus of the Cuterebridae
Dermatobia, genus Dermatobia - larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans
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Myiasis has also been reported involving Dermatobia hominis (Diptera: Cuterebridae) [13].
(Panama: pollos) [1]; en este ultimo pais mencionado, similarmente en pollos, tambien se ha documentado infestaciones debidas a especies de Cuterebridae (Dermatobia hominis) y taxones sin identificar de Sarcophagidae y Muscidae [1].
These parasitic flies are included in the Cuterebridae (Sabrosky 1986) or the Cuterebrinae subfamily of the Oestridae (Wood 1987; Pape 2001).
Fly larvae of the Cuterebridae family are subcutaneous parasites of mammals of the New World (Sabrovsky, 1986) that cause myiasis in dermal and sub-dermal tissues.
Long-term stability in the mating system of the bot fly Cuterebra austeni (Cuterebridae).
Morphology of the antenna of Dermatobia hominis (Diptera: Cuterebridae) based on scanning electron microscopy.
Topically applied ivermectin: efficacy against torsalo (Diptera: Cuterebridae) J.
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