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Anachalcos
Sign in to saveAnachalcos is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. It is one of only three genera of African dung beetles that have been observed rolling balls; the other two are Epirinus and Circellium.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 148
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Collections
- TAMU, SAM, DMNS
- Recorded in
- Cameroon, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, South Africa
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- Plum dung beetle (Anachalcos convexus).jpg
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Anachalcos is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. It is one of only three genera of African dung beetles that have been observed rolling balls; the other two are Epirinus and Circellium.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anachalcos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.