Pachylomera | |
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Pachylomera femoralis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
Tribe: | Scarabaeini |
Genus: | Pachylomera Kirby, 1828 |
Synonyms | |
Pachylomerus Bertoloni, 1849 |
Pachylomera[1] is a genus of dung beetle from the family Scarabaeidae and tribe Scarabaeini, with records from Africa south of the equator.
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.
References
External links
- Data related to Pachylomera at Wikispecies
- Media related to Pachylomera at Wikimedia Commons
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