An incidental case of gastric pseudomyiasis in Canis latrans (Carnivora: Canidae) by a rabbit bot fly Cuterebra sp. (Diptera: Oestridae)

An incidental case of gastric pseudomyiasis in the coyote Canis latrans by a rabbit bot fly Cuterebra sp. is documented. In a coyote scat not entirely solid but somewhat watery and surrounded by mucous in the municipality of Perote, state of Veracruz, 2 myiasigenous fly larvae of the family Oestrid...

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Main Authors: Nora Lara-Lagunes, Santiago Jaume-Schinkel, Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal
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Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2017-05-01
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Online Access:https://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/1575
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Santiago Jaume-Schinkel
Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal
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description An incidental case of gastric pseudomyiasis in the coyote Canis latrans by a rabbit bot fly Cuterebra sp. is documented. In a coyote scat not entirely solid but somewhat watery and surrounded by mucous in the municipality of Perote, state of Veracruz, 2 myiasigenous fly larvae of the family Oestridae were found. Specimens were studied in the laboratory and found to correspond to a Cuterebra species of the buccata species-group, of which their normal hosts are hares and rabbits (Lagomorpha). Their characteristics are similar to those described for Cuterebra buccata, but the level of taxonomic knowledge of the larval stage of this family does not permit a confident identification to species. The coyote scat from which the bot fly larvae were recovered indicates that damage in the digestive tract of rabbit-predators may have serious consequences in individuals, and an increment in the abundance of these flies may favor a health problem that diminishes the life quality, not only for normal hosts, but also for their predators.
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spelling doaj-art-ad098f3b45cc418798fb3b4b8bdadb4d2025-08-20T03:49:36ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad1870-34532007-87062017-05-0188210.1016/j.rmb.2017.03.013An incidental case of gastric pseudomyiasis in Canis latrans (Carnivora: Canidae) by a rabbit bot fly Cuterebra sp. (Diptera: Oestridae)Nora Lara-Lagunes0Santiago Jaume-Schinkel1Sergio Ibáñez-BernalFacultad de Biología, Universidad Veracruzana Campus Xalapa, VeracruzFacultad de Biología, Universidad Veracruzana Campus Xalapa, Veracruz An incidental case of gastric pseudomyiasis in the coyote Canis latrans by a rabbit bot fly Cuterebra sp. is documented. In a coyote scat not entirely solid but somewhat watery and surrounded by mucous in the municipality of Perote, state of Veracruz, 2 myiasigenous fly larvae of the family Oestridae were found. Specimens were studied in the laboratory and found to correspond to a Cuterebra species of the buccata species-group, of which their normal hosts are hares and rabbits (Lagomorpha). Their characteristics are similar to those described for Cuterebra buccata, but the level of taxonomic knowledge of the larval stage of this family does not permit a confident identification to species. The coyote scat from which the bot fly larvae were recovered indicates that damage in the digestive tract of rabbit-predators may have serious consequences in individuals, and an increment in the abundance of these flies may favor a health problem that diminishes the life quality, not only for normal hosts, but also for their predators. https://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/1575MexicoParasitismParasitic insectsBrachyceraLagomorpha
spellingShingle Nora Lara-Lagunes
Santiago Jaume-Schinkel
Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal
An incidental case of gastric pseudomyiasis in Canis latrans (Carnivora: Canidae) by a rabbit bot fly Cuterebra sp. (Diptera: Oestridae)
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad
Mexico
Parasitism
Parasitic insects
Brachycera
Lagomorpha
title An incidental case of gastric pseudomyiasis in Canis latrans (Carnivora: Canidae) by a rabbit bot fly Cuterebra sp. (Diptera: Oestridae)
title_full An incidental case of gastric pseudomyiasis in Canis latrans (Carnivora: Canidae) by a rabbit bot fly Cuterebra sp. (Diptera: Oestridae)
title_fullStr An incidental case of gastric pseudomyiasis in Canis latrans (Carnivora: Canidae) by a rabbit bot fly Cuterebra sp. (Diptera: Oestridae)
title_full_unstemmed An incidental case of gastric pseudomyiasis in Canis latrans (Carnivora: Canidae) by a rabbit bot fly Cuterebra sp. (Diptera: Oestridae)
title_short An incidental case of gastric pseudomyiasis in Canis latrans (Carnivora: Canidae) by a rabbit bot fly Cuterebra sp. (Diptera: Oestridae)
title_sort incidental case of gastric pseudomyiasis in canis latrans carnivora canidae by a rabbit bot fly cuterebra sp diptera oestridae
topic Mexico
Parasitism
Parasitic insects
Brachycera
Lagomorpha
url https://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/1575
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