Heterochelus incongruens
| Heterochelus incongruens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. incongruens
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus incongruens Péringuey, 1902
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Heterochelus incongruens 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 4 mm (0.16 in). Males are black, without traces of scales, and with reddish front legs. The head and pronotum are very scabrose and clothed, especially the latter, with dense, moderately long black hairs. The elytra are clothed with a short but dense fuscous pubescence. The pygidium is very closely and somewhat roughly punctured, not pubescent or scaly, but fringed all around with long setae. Females are very similar to the males and are only recognisable by the shape of the pygidium.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus incongruens 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 12, 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 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.