Saphobius inflatipes

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Coleoptera

| familia = Scarabaeidae

| subfamilia = Scarabaeinae

| tribus = Deltochilini

| genus = Saphobius

| species = S. inflatipes

| binomial = Saphobius inflatipes

| binomial_authority = Broun, 1893

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Saphobius inflatipes is one of several species of dung beetle that are endemic to New Zealand. It belongs to the tribe Deltochilini of the family Scarabaeidae.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/a213e0dc-652e-4734-a029-61980bd3945d|title=Saphobius inflatipes Broun, 1893 |website=New Zealand Organisms Register |publisher=Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd|access-date=2017-08-17}} It was first described by Thomas Broun in 1893.{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10180360|title=Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera.|last=Broun|first=Thomas|publisher=George Didsbury, Government Printer |year=1893 |isbn= |volume=Pt. 3|location=Wellington, New Zealand|pages=1112–1113|doi=10.5962/bhl.title.32505}} In the Auckland region, it is most abundant during the summer and autumn seasons.{{Cite journal|last1=Ward|first1=D.F. |last2=Young |first2=M. |last3=Booth|first3=K.A.M.|last4=Beggs|first4=J.R.|date=2014-07-03|title=Patterns of beetle diversity in kauri forest|journal=New Zealand Entomologist |volume=37|issue=2 |pages=75–82 |doi=10.1080/00779962.2014.884531|s2cid=84701188 |issn=0077-9962}}