Pachylomera

Pachylomera
Pachylomera femoralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Scarabaeini
Genus:
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:

  1. Pachylomera femoralis Kirby, 1828 - type species
  2. 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

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