Bubas
Appearance
Bubas | |
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Bubas bubalus, Spain | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
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 and Australia.[1][2]
Species
[edit]These three species belong to the genus Bubas:
- Bubas bison (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Bubas bubaloides Janssens, 1938
- Bubas bubalus (Olivier, 1811)
References
[edit]- ^ "Bubas". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
- ^ "Bubas Mulsant, 1842". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
Further reading
[edit]- 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
External links
[edit]- Citizen science observations for Bubas at iNaturalist
- Media related to Bubas at Wikimedia Commons