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Sarophorus
Sarophorus is a genus of dung beetles in the tribe Ateuchini (subfamily Scarabaeinae) of the family Scarabaeidae. It comprises about ten species from Africa.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Sarophorus costatus
speciesSarophorus costatus
Sarophorus tuberculatus
speciesSarophorus tuberculatus
Sarophorus punctatus
speciesSarophorus punctatus
Sarophorus cicatricosus
speciesSarophorus cicatricosus
Sarophorus diabolus
speciesSarophorus diabolus
Sarophorus latus
speciesSarophorus latus
Sarophorus angolensis
speciesSarophorus angolensis
Sarophorus bidentatus
speciesSarophorus bidentatus
Sarophorus carinatus
speciesSarophorus carinatus
Sarophorus striatus
speciesSarophorus striatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 434334.