Bubas Explained

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

Species

These three species belong to the genus Bubas:

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

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