Heterochelus inornatus
| Heterochelus inornatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. inornatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus inornatus Péringuey, 1902
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Heterochelus inornatus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5–6.5 mm (0.20–0.26 in). They are black, with the elytra light testaceous and the legs reddish. The scutellum, apical margin of the elytra, pygidial part and abdomen are clothed with dense yellow scales intermixed along the edge of the propygidium and the abdomen with white scales forming there a narrow band or line.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus inornatus 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.