Heterochelus parilis
| Heterochelus parilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. parilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus parilis Péringuey, 1902
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Heterochelus parilis 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 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in). They are black, with the anterior legs, and the antennae (with the exception of the club) reddish. The elytra have three dorsal bands of greyish scales reaching to the apex and a somewhat indistinct marginal one on each side. The pygidium is glabrous and shining. The head is clothed with a greyish pubescence and the pronotum is clothed with long, not very dense, greyish-black erect hairs interspersed with a few greyish scales which form a distinct basal band. The elytra are costate and have three intervals filled with small, round, greyish scales, which form also a band along the apex.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus parilis 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 9, 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 9, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.