Heterochelus coccineus
| Heterochelus coccineus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. coccineus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus coccineus Burmeister, 1844
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Heterochelus coccineus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in). Males are black, with the scutellum, the elytra, the pygidium and the sides of the abdomen clothed with orange scales. The head and pronotum are clothed with a not dense but somewhat long, greyish pubescence, but in the deep basal longitudinal groove of the pronotum there are a few orange scales. Females are black, with the elytra chestnut-brown, and covered with sub-appressed, flavescent hairs, but having only a few yellowish scales along the apical edge as well as on the scutellum.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus coccineus 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 9, 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 9, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.