Heterochelus natalensis
| Heterochelus natalensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. natalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus natalensis Péringuey, 1902
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Heterochelus natalensis 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 6–6.5 mm (0.24–0.26 in). They are black, with a faint metallic tinge on the pronotum. The elytra are chestnut-brown, and have four bands of flavescent, round scales on each side. The scutellum is scaly and the pygidium is covered with a black, sub-velvety coating. The head and pronotum are covered with flavescent hairs, and the latter has a narrow band of not very dense appressed squamose hairs.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus natalensis 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.