Pachylomera Explained

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.

Notes and 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. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id658550/ Biolib.cz