Heterochelus binotatus
| Heterochelus binotatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. binotatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus binotatus (Thunberg, 1818)
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Heterochelus binotatus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 3.75–5 mm (0.148–0.197 in). Males are black, with the elytra piceous, the front legs reddish, and the scutellum, apical margin of the elytra, abdomen, propygidium, and pygidium clothed with golden-yellow scales. The latter has two sub-denuded, basal patches. Females are similar to males, but the elytra are testaceous, and there is a sutural band of squamose hairs. Also, the pygidium is entirely covered with flavescent scales, but there is on each side of the base an orange patch. The legs are reddish.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus rufimanus at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ^ a b Péringuey, L. (1902). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 12: 561–920. Retrieved March 11, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.