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Dubas bug

Ommatissus lybicus Bergevin, 1930

Status not recordedinsects

The dubas bug (Ommatissus lybicus) is a species in the family Tropiduchidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 11 countries, including Egypt, Iran and Iraq.

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Quick facts about the dubas bug

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
11 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the dubas bug live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The dubas bug is listed for 11 countries.

SudanIsraelUnited Arab EmiratesQatarIraqOmanIranYemenSaudi ArabiaEgyptLibya
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Egypt
  2. Iran
  3. Iraq
  4. Israel
  5. Libya
  6. Oman
  7. Qatar
  8. Saudi Arabia
  9. Sudan
  10. United Arab Emirates
  11. Yemen

Is the dubas bug endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dubas bug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyTropiduchidae
  6. genusOmmatissus
  7. SpeciesOmmatissus lybicus Bergevin, 1930

Synonyms Ommatissus binotatus libycus, Ommatissus binotatus var. lybicus

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • SheragoBaluchi

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dubas bug

Other species in the same genus Ommatissus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the dubas bug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the dubas bug for 11 countries, including Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel and Libya. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the dubas bug?

The dubas bug (Ommatissus lybicus) belongs to the family Tropiduchidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dubas bug (Ommatissus lybicus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dubas-bug

MLA

“Dubas bug (Ommatissus lybicus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dubas-bug.

BibTeX
@misc{dubas_bug_2026,
  title = {Dubas bug (Ommatissus lybicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dubas-bug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}