Cuterebrinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of flies}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Eastern_Gray_Squirrel_suffering_from_warbles.jpg

| image_caption = Squirrel infested with Cuterebra

| taxon = Cuterebrinae

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

• Cuterebra Clark 1815
• Dermatobia

}}

The Cuterebrinae, the robust bot flies, are a subfamily of Oestridae which includes large, parasitic flies; this group has historically been treated as a family, but all recent classifications place them firmly within the Oestridae.{{cite journal |last=Pape |first=Thomas |date=April 2001 |title=Phylogeny of Oestridae (Insecta: Diptera) |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=133–171 |doi=10.1046/j.1365-3113.2001.00143.x|bibcode=2001SysEn..26..133P |s2cid=83936667 }} Both genera spend their larval stages in the skin of mammals. The genus Cuterebra, or rodent bots, attack rodents and similar animals. The other genus, Dermatobia, attacks primates, including humans.

File:Cuterebra larva adult.png larva and adult]]