Heterochelus optivus
| Heterochelus optivus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. optivus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus optivus Péringuey, 1902
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Heterochelus optivus 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 3.75 mm (0.148 in). They are black, with the scutellum, elytra, pygidium and sides of the abdomen covered with bright yellow scales. The anterior legs are rufescent. The head is strongly scabrose and the pronotum has a distinct longitudinal median impression reaching from the middle to the base, and having only a few squamose appressed yellow hairs which are greatly scattered. The scales on the scutellum, elytra, and pygidial part are very closely set.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus optivus 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.