Blubos is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. The only known species in the genus is Blubos matris, a large (4 mm) yellowish beetle with darkly fasciate elytra. It differs from all other known laemophloeids in that the lateral margins of the pronotum are visible in dorsal view.[1] It is known from a single specimen collected more than 60 years ago in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nothing is known of its biology or immature stages.
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| Genus: | Blubos Lefkovitch, 1962
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| Species: | B. matris
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References
edit- ^ Lefkovitch, L.P. 1962. A revision of African Laemophloeinae (Coleoptera: Cucujidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 12:167-245.