Heterochelus connatus
| Heterochelus connatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. connatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus connatus Burmeister, 1844
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Heterochelus connatus 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 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in). They are black, with the elytra light testaceous and infuscate laterally. The scutellum, apical margin of the elytra, pygidial part and abdomen are clothed with thick flavescent scales. The head and pronotum are covered with very dense sub-flavescent hairs. The elytra are clothed with appressed not very closely set slightly flavescent hairs. The pectus, abdomen, and legs are villose, the latter are red.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus connatus 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 12, 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 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.