Heterochelus sobrinus
| Heterochelus sobrinus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. sobrinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus sobrinus Burmeister, 1844
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Heterochelus sobrinus 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 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in). Males are black, with the elytra, the pygidium and the sides of the abdomen clothed with pale, sub-flavescent scales. The legs are red. The pronotum is clothed with a few squamulose hairs and a few scales in the posterior part and the scutellum is covered with scales which are similar to those covering the elytra. Females are black, with the elytra dark chestnut-brown or testaceous red, and clothed with appressed, not so dense hairs. There is a narrow band of flavescent scales at the apex and the pygidium is densely scaly.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus sobrinus 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.