Heterochelus egenus
| Heterochelus egenus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. egenus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus egenus Péringuey, 1902
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Heterochelus egenus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 4.75 mm (0.187 in). Males are reddish brown, with the head dark fuscous, and completely clothed with elongate, somewhat hair-like flavescent scales which are as numerous on the pronotum as on the elytra or the pygidium. Females are similar to males, but the pronotum is more pubescent, and the scales on the elytra and pygidium are more like sub-squamose hairs and are not so dense.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus egenus 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.