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Bubas

Bubas is a genus of dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae, found mainly in the Palearctic Poland and Australia.

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Bubas
Bubas bubalus, Spain
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Onitini
Genus: Bubas
Mulsant, 1842

Bubas is a genus of dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae, found mainly in the Palearctic Poland and Australia.12

Species

These three species belong to the genus Bubas:

  • Bubas bison (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Bubas bubaloides Janssens, 1938
  • Bubas bubalus (Olivier, 1811)
  • Bubas marcin
References

References

  1. "Bubas". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  2. "Bubas Mulsant, 1842". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Colomba, M. S.; Vitturi, R.; Libertini, A.; Gregorini, A. and Zunino, M. (January 2006) "Heterochromatin of the scarab beetle, Bubas bison (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) II. Evidence for AT-rich compartmentalization and a high amount of rDNA copies" Micron 37(1): pp. 47–51
  • Kirk, A. A. (1983) "The biology of Bubas bison (L.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in southern France and its potential for recycling dung in Australia" Bulletin of Entomological Research 73: pp. 129–136
  • Klemperer, H. G. (1981) "Nest construction and larval behaviour of Bubas bison (L.) and Bubas bubalus (01.) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)" Ecological Entomology 6(1): pp. 23–33
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