Cylindrocrates is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Cylindrocrates parallelus, which is found in South Africa (Northern Cape).
Adults reach a length of about . They are black, but the base colour of the posterior half of the pronotum is reddish-brown. There is fine, light brown scaling on the back of the head, the anterior third of the pronotum and its posterior margin, the scutellum and the elytra. There are orange-red scales on the pygidial area and dense white scales on the remaining surface of the abdomen, as well as white hairs on the sides of the thorax.