Heterochelus nubilus
| Heterochelus nubilus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. nubilus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus nubilus Burmeister, 1844
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Heterochelus nubilus 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 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in). Males are black, with two bands of white scales on the elytra and the scutellum, propygidium and abdomen clothed with dense greyish-white scales. The head and pronotum are scarcely pubescent, the latter with a deep, post-median groove occasionally filled with white scales, and with a lateral and anterior fringe of setose hairs. The elytra are sub-costate on each side of the disk, and have two longitudinal impressions, divided by the costule, filled with a band of small white round scales not very closely set. The outer band reaches to the median part only. The legs have a few setae, but are otherwise glabrous. Females are similar to males, but the elytra are covered with denser and more elongate flavescent scales, and the pygidium is clothed with yellowish scales.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus nubilus 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.