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Pachylomera

Pachylomera 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 lists:

  1. Pachylomera femoralis <small>Kirby, 1828</small> - type species
  2. Pachylomera opaca <small>Lansberge, 1874</small>

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.

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