Heterochelus comosus

Heterochelus comosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Heterochelus
Species:	H. comosus
Binomial name
	Heterochelus comosus; Péringuey, 1902

Heterochelus comosus 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 8 mm (0.31 in). They are black, with the elytra testaceous red, the hind legs reddish brown and the scutellum, pygidial part and abdomen, as well as the apical margin of the elytra, covered with yellow scales. These scales are somewhat lanuginose and resemble the hairs on the propygidium and abdomen.^[3]

References

↑ BioLib
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus comosus 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.
1 2 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.

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[1] BioLib

[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus comosus 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.

[:2-3] 1 2 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.

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