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.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
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?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyTropiduchidae
- genusOmmatissus
- SpeciesOmmatissus lybicus Bergevin, 1930
Synonyms Ommatissus binotatus libycus, Ommatissus binotatus var. lybicus
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- SheragoBaluchi
Relatives of the dubas bug
Other species in the same genus Ommatissus.
CompareDubas bug vs Ommatissus alpinusDubas bug vs Ommatissus bimaculatusDubas bug vs Ommatissus binotatusDubas bug vs Ommatissus bourgoini
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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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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