# Pachylomera

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***Pachylomera***[1] is a genus of [dung beetle](/source/Scarabaeinae) from the family [Scarabaeidae](/source/Scarabaeidae) and tribe [Scarabaeini](/source/Scarabaeini), with records from Africa south of the equator.

## Species and description

*BioLib*[2] lists:

1. *[Pachylomera femoralis](/source/Pachylomera_femoralis)* Kirby, 1828 - **type species**
1. *[Pachylomera opaca](/source/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](/source/African_buffalo) and [elephant](/source/African_bush_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.

1. [Biolib.cz](https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id658550/): genus *Pachylomera* Kirby, 1828 (retrieved 23 August 2021)

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