Heterochelus persimilis
| Heterochelus persimilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. persimilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus persimilis Péringuey, 1902
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Heterochelus persimilis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape, Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5 mm (0.20 in). Males are very similar to Heterochelus promontorii, but the body is a little more elongate, the pronotum is distinctly grooved in the posterior part, the punctures are much more scattered, deeper and not scabrose. The elytra have four narrow bands of white scales on each side and are redder, but the punctuation is the same. The pygidium is black and not scaly, and the scutellum densely scaly. The legs are black. The head and pronotum of the females are as in males, and they are similarly sculptured. The elytra and pygidium are redder than in H. promontorii.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus persimilis 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.