Heterochelus pygidialis
| Heterochelus pygidialis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. pygidialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus pygidialis Péringuey, 1902
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Heterochelus pygidialis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5.25–5.5 mm (0.207–0.217 in). They are black, with the elytra light chocolate-brown, and sprinkled on the upper side with small, elongate whitish grey scales. On the underside, the whole of the abdomen and the pectus are covered with contiguous longer scales, the edge of the propygidium has a very narrow band of similar scales, but the pygidium is quite smooth and impunctate. The anterior and lateral margins of the pronotum have a fringe of greyish not dense setae.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus pygidialis 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.