Heterochelus chiragricus
| Heterochelus chiragricus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. chiragricus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus chiragricus (Thunberg, 1818)
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Heterochelus chiragricus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 9.5 mm (0.37 in). Males are similar to Heterochelus podagricus, but the scutellum is not scaly and the elytra are more attenuate laterally towards the apex, and they have a broad juxta-sutural band of yellow scales reaching from the base to the apex where it unites with a marginal one of nearly the same width. The propygidium and pygidium are glabrous.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus chiragricus 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.