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CUTEREBRA TENEBROSA: DESCRIPTION OF IMMATURE STAGES AND A REDESCRIPTION OF THE ADULT (DIPTERA: CUTEREBRIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Craig R. Baird  and
Charles L. Graham
Craig R. Baird
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99163
Charles L. Graham
Affiliation:
Epiphytology Research Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Frederick, Maryland 21701
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Abstract

Immature stages of the rodent bot fly, Cuterebra tenebrosa Coquillett, from central Washington are described and illustrated. Redescription of both sexes of the adult fly are also provided. Larval cuticular spines and posterior spiracular patterns are distinctive for second instars. Important characters of third instars include shape and number of points on cuticular spines and papillae arrangement. C. tenebrosa parasitizes bushy-tailed wood rats (Neotoma cinerea) and desert wood rats (N. lepida) in the western United States and western Canada.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 105 , Issue 10 , October 1973 , pp. 1281 - 1293
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1973

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