Pachylomera
Genus of dung beetles
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Pachylomera[1] is a genus of dung beetle from the family Scarabaeidae and tribe Scarabaeini, with records from Africa south of the equator.
| Pachylomera | |
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| Pachylomera femoralis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
| Tribe: | Scarabaeini |
| Genus: | Pachylomera Kirby, 1828 |
| Synonyms | |
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Pachylomerus Bertoloni, 1849 | |
Species and description
BioLib[2] lists:
- Pachylomera femoralis Kirby, 1828 - type species
- Pachylomera opaca Lansberge, 1874
P. femoralis is the largest flying, ball-rolling dung beetle in the world. The front legs are particularly strong, with the flattened leg appendages: it walks with these while rolling balls of buffalo and elephant dung.
