Heterochelus rufimanus
| Heterochelus rufimanus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. rufimanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus rufimanus (Laporte, 1840)
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Heterochelus rufimanus 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 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in). Males are black, with the front legs reddish, and as often as not with the elytra chestnut-brown, or chestnut-red. The elytra have a narrow apical margin of flavescent or yellow scales, the scutellum and abdomen are densely scaly, but the pygidium is glabrous and shining, and there is only a very narrow band of scales on the propygidium. Females are similar to males, but the elytra are covered with appressed, somewhat remote hairs, and have a few somewhat squamose ones along the suture.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus rufimanus 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.