Heterochelus furoninus
| Heterochelus furoninus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. furoninus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus furoninus Burmeister, 1844
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Heterochelus furoninus 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 4.5–6 mm (0.18–0.24 in). They are similar to Heterochelus gonager, but the colour of the back ground is redder brown, the head only being black. The squamose, lanciform hairs are not set very close to each other on the pronotum, and the elytra are feebly costate, the costae being set with short lanciform, squamose setae. The costae and the intervals are filled with round scales which are a little lighter in the intervals. The pygidium is clothed with yellow-ochre scales.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus furoninus 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 6, 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 6, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.