Saphobius brouni
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| Saphobius brouni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Saphobius |
| Species: | S. brouni |
| Binomial name | |
| Saphobius brouni Paulian, 1935 | |
Saphobius brouni is one of several species of Scarabaeidae that are endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was described in 1935 by Renaud Maurice Adrien Paulian.[1]
Description
[edit]This species is similar in colour to Saphobius curvipes, but has some slight differences in the morphology of the legs.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is only known from Hastwell in the North Island of New Zealand.[1]
References
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- 1 2 3 4 Paulian, R. (1935). "Essai sur les canthonides de la region australienne (Col. Lamellicornia). 3. Les especes des sous regions neo-zelandaise et neo-caledonienne". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 40: 121–125.