Heterochelus defector

Heterochelus defector
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Heterochelus
Species:	H. defector
Binomial name
	Heterochelus defector; Péringuey, 1908
Synonyms
	Heterochelus defector felschei Andreae, 1933 ; Heterochelus defector schwarzei Andreae, 1933 ;

Heterochelus defector is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.^[1] It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) and Lesotho.^[2]^[3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7 mm (0.28 in). They are bronze-green with a rufescent tinge on the legs. The elytra are chestnut-red and the head and pronotum are clothed with a very thick, upright, squamose yellow pubescence. The scutellum is densely squamose. The elytra plainly are tri-sulcate on each side with the sulci filled with a band of contiguous scales, the raised intervals are deeply punctate. The propygidium has a narrow band of sub-orange yellow scales and the pygidium is dark brown and without scales from the base to the middle, then closely scaly to the apex. The sides of the abdomen are covered with sub-lanuginose scales.^[3]

References

↑ BioLib
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heterochelus defector 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 25, 2026.
1 2 Péringuey, L. (1908). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. Additions and corrections". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13: 547–752. Retrieved March 25, 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 defector 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 25, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 Péringuey, L. (1908). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. Additions and corrections". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13: 547–752. Retrieved March 25, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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