Heterochelus escourtianus
| Heterochelus escourtianus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. escourtianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus escourtianus Péringuey, 1902
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Heterochelus escourtianus 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 6.5 mm (0.26 in). They are totally black, the scutellum, pygidial part and abdomen clothed with deep yellow scales. The head and pronotum are densely villose, with the hairs greyish. The pronotum has a shallow median groove reaching from the median part to the base. The elytra are distinctly bi-striate and slightly bi-costulate on each side, coriaceous and clothed with a thick but very short appressed greyish pubescence. The propygidium, abdomen, pectus and legs are villose, with the hairs flavescent.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus escourtianus 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.