Heterochelus forcipatus
| Heterochelus forcipatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. forcipatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus forcipatus Burmeister, 1844
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Heterochelus forcipatus 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 3.5–4.5 mm (0.14–0.18 in). Males are black, with the front legs reddish and the elytra fuscous brown and covered with greyish appressed hairs and with a few minute greyish scales along the apical margin. The propygidium and the abdominal segments have narrow bands of similar scales, while the pygidium is not scaly. The elytra of the females are light testaceous and not very hairy and the pygidium is clothed with scales and has a darker patch on each side.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus forcipatus 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.