Pachylomera

Pachylomera
	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

^ Kirby W (1828) A description of some Coleopterous insects in the collection of the Rev. F.W.Hope. Zoological Journal 3: 520-525.
^ Biolib.cz: genus Pachylomera Kirby, 1828 (retrieved 23 August 2021)

External links

Data related to Pachylomera at Wikispecies
Media related to Pachylomera at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Kirby W (1828) A description of some Coleopterous insects in the collection of the Rev. F.W.Hope. Zoological Journal 3: 520-525.

[BioLib-2] Biolib.cz: genus Pachylomera Kirby, 1828 (retrieved 23 August 2021)

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