| Anachalcos | |
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| Anachalcos convexus rolling a ball at night | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Deltochilini |
| Genus: | Anachalcos Hope, 1837 |
| Species [1] | |
Anachalcos is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. [1] [2] It is one of only three genera of African dung beetles that have been observed rolling balls; the other two are Epirinus and Circellium . [3]
