Bolbites Explained

Bolbites is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[1] [2] [3] The genus is generally considered to be monospecific, including only Bolbites onitoides Harold, 1868, a polychromatic species living in open habitats and shrublands from Bolivia and Paraguay to Argentina, southern Brazil and Uruguay.[4] Although it was suggested that B. onitoides might actually represent two distinct subspecies based on dorsal colouration,[5] a 2022 study concluded that the B. onnitoides should continue to be considered a single monotypic species.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ITIS Standard Report - Error . 2011-02-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090312100559/http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt . 2009-03-12 .
  2. Web site: Bolbites - Nomen.at - animals and plants.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-04-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150327011528/http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053 . 2015-03-27 .
  4. Cupello, Mario. Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele S.. Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z.. The evolution of Bolbites onitoides (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Phanaeini): its phylogenetic significance, geographical polychromatism and the subspecies problem. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2022. 194. 3. 973–1034. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab015.
  5. Martínez, A.. Catálogo de los Scarabaeidae Argentinos. 1959. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 'Bernardino Rivadavia', Ciencias Zoológicas. 5. 1–126.

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