Heterochelus ditus
| Heterochelus ditus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. ditus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus ditus Péringuey, 1902
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Heterochelus ditus 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 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in). Males are black, with the elytra ochraceous and completely covered with very dense and closely set, appressed, short squamose ochraceous hairs. The scutellum, pygidial part and abdomen are clothed with light yellow scales. The head and pronotum are densely villose, with the hairs yellow. The pronotum has a short basal furrow filled with appressed hairs which also form a band along the whole margin. The elytra are elongate and bi-costate on each side. Females are similar to males. The elytra are also clothed with ochraceous appressed hairs, but they each have three bands of greyish hairs reaching from the base to the apex. Furthermore, there are two apical patches of lighter scales on the pygidium.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus ditus 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.