Species Bubas bison (Linnaeus, 1767)

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Species Bubas bison (Linnaeus, 1767)

Scarabaeus bison Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Tomus I. Regnum Animale(pars 2) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766–68], pp. 533–1327. [547].
Type data:
Lectotype ZIUU ♂, S France (as Gallia australis).
Subsequent designation references:
Zunino, M. 1974. Il genere Bubas Muls. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea). Bollettino dell'Istituto e Musei di Zoologia dell'Università di Torino 1974(3): 15-24 [17].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Palaearctic Region.

Introduced from France.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, crepuscular, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

Open areas, pastures, mainly cattle dung.

General References

Bornemissza, G.F. 1976. The Australian dung beetle project 1965–1975. Australian Meat Research Committee Review 1976: 1-30 (biological control)

Halffter, G. & Edmonds, W.D. 1982. The Nesting Behaviour of Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae). An Ecological and Evolutive Approach. Mexico : Instituto de Ecología 176 pp. (biology)

Janssens, A. 1937. Revision des Onitides (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia). Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 12 11: 1-200 [137] (extralimital synonymy)

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: 129-136 (biology)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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