Saphobius
id:
saphobius-170-1439589
title:
Saphobius
text:
Saphobius is a genus of dung beetles in the tribe Deltochilini of the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are endemic to New Zealand, with Saphobius edwardsi being most widespread. They are small in size, flightless, forest dwelling and nocturnal, which is unusual for dung beetles. Dung beetles are typically associated with mammal faeces, but prior to human habitation, New Zealand lacked land mammals other than three species of bats. This lack of mammal faeces has been suggested as the reason for the l
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Genus of beetles
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saphobius
date created:
2017-09-06T23:09:45Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T22:02:57Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q14920908","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14920908"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Saphobius_edwardsi.jpg","width":867,"height":1066}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16