Heterochelus subpilosus
| Heterochelus subpilosus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Heterochelus |
| Species: | H. subpilosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterochelus subpilosus (Nonfried, 1891)
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Heterochelus subpilosus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7 mm (0.28 in). They have an oblong, robust, brown, shining body, which is densely fulvo-pilose on the upper side. The under side is opaque and fuscous brown. The antennae are reddish. The pronotum is somewhat rounded, convex, black and shining, closely and roughly punctate and clothed with flavous hairs. The scutellum is covered with flavous hairs and the elytra are shining, brown, densely punctate and briefly setose. The setae are flavous. The pygidium and abdomen are completely covered with whitish scales.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus subpilosus 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 12, 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 (page 774). Retrieved March 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.