''Nimbus'' is a genus of scarab, stag and bess beetles in the subfamily
Aphodiinae
Aphodiinae is a subfamily of the scarab beetle family, Scarabaeidae. Members of this subfamily are known commonly as the small dung beetles and many, but not all, are dung beetles.Skelley, P. EAphodiinae.Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles. ...
. There are about 13 described species in ''Nimbus''.
Species
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Nimbus affinis
Nimbus, from the Latin for "dark cloud", is an outdated term for the type of cloud now classified as the nimbostratus cloud. Nimbus also may refer to:
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(Panzer, 1823)
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Nimbus anyerae
Nimbus, from the Latin for "dark cloud", is an outdated term for the type of cloud now classified as the nimbostratus cloud. Nimbus also may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Halo (religious iconography), also known as ''Nimbus'', a ring of lig ...
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(Ruiz, 1998)
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Nimbus cartalinius
Nimbus, from the Latin for "dark cloud", is an outdated term for the type of cloud now classified as the nimbostratus cloud. Nimbus also may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Halo (religious iconography), also known as ''Nimbus'', a ring of lig ...
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(Olsoufieff, 1918)
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Nimbus contaminatus
''Nimbus contaminatus'' is a species of dung beetle native to Europe.Norman H. Joy, , 1932 ''A Practical Handbook of British Beetles''
This species was formerly a member of the genus ''Aphodius
''Aphodius'' is a genus of beetles in the fami ...
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(Herbst, 1783)
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Nimbus franzinii
Nimbus, from the Latin for "dark cloud", is an outdated term for the type of cloud now classified as the nimbostratus cloud. Nimbus also may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Halo (religious iconography), also known as ''Nimbus'', a ring of lig ...
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(Pittino, 1978)
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Nimbus harpagonis
Nimbus, from the Latin for "dark cloud", is an outdated term for the type of cloud now classified as the nimbostratus cloud. Nimbus also may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Halo (religious iconography), also known as ''Nimbus'', a ring of lig ...
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(Reitter, 1890)
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Nimbus hoberlandti
Nimbus, from the Latin for "dark cloud", is an outdated term for the type of cloud now classified as the nimbostratus cloud. Nimbus also may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Halo (religious iconography), also known as ''Nimbus'', a ring of lig ...
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(Tesar, 1945)
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Nimbus johnsoni
Nimbus, from the Latin for "dark cloud", is an outdated term for the type of cloud now classified as the nimbostratus cloud. Nimbus also may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Halo (religious iconography), also known as ''Nimbus'', a ring of lig ...
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(Baraud, 1976)
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Nimbus libanonensis
Nimbus, from the Latin for "dark cloud", is an outdated term for the type of cloud now classified as the nimbostratus cloud. Nimbus also may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Halo (religious iconography), also known as ''Nimbus'', a ring of lig ...
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(Petrovitz, 1958)
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Nimbus marianii
Nimbus, from the Latin for "dark cloud", is an outdated term for the type of cloud now classified as the nimbostratus cloud. Nimbus also may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Halo (religious iconography), also known as ''Nimbus'', a ring of lig ...
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(Pittino, 1978)
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Nimbus obliteratus
Nimbus, from the Latin for "dark cloud", is an outdated term for the type of cloud now classified as the nimbostratus cloud. Nimbus also may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Halo (religious iconography), also known as ''Nimbus'', a ring of lig ...
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(Panzer, 1823)
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Nimbus proximus''
(Adam, 1994)
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Nimbus richardi''
(Veiga, 1984)
References
Scarabaeidae
Scarabaeidae genera
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