Dynamopodinae
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Orubesa athleta | |
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Subfamily: | Dynamopodinae Arrow, 1911[1]
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Genus: | Orubesa Reitter, 1895
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seven described | |
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Dynamopus Semenov, 1895 |
Dynamopodinae is a very small subfamily of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles, with only seven species in a single genus, Orubesa.[2][3][4][5]
Distribution
The seven known species occur in northern Africa and central Asia.[6] There is single species described in Russia — Orubesa athleta Semenov, 1896 [= Dynamopus athleta].
References
- ^ Integrated Taxonomic Information System website
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- ^ http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053
- ^ *Google Books John L. Capinera Encyclopedia of Entomology — 2nd Edition. 3279 pp.
- ^ *Google Books John L. Capinera Encyclopedia of Entomology — 2nd Edition. 3279 pp.