Heterochelus bivittatus
| Heterochelus bivittatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. bivittatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus bivittatus Burmeister, 1844
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Heterochelus bivittatus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.5–8.5 mm (0.30–0.33 in). Males are black, with the elytra and the hind legs shining red and the pronotum with a median longitudinal line of white. The elytra have a discoidal line of similar scales. The scutellum, abdomen and pygidium are clothed with contiguous white scales, but the latter has a median longitudinal hairless line which does not reach to the apex. Females are similar to males, but the elytra are more distinctly costulate. The median line on the pronotum and the discoidal one on the elytra are white as in males, and so is the scutellum, but the scales on the abdomen and pygidium are yellow, and the latter has three elongate, dark patches, the median of which is more elongate than the others.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus bivittatus 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.