Heterochelus anomalus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Cape).
Adults reach a length of about . They are black, the scutellum with a few greyish scales. The elytra are dark chestnut-brown and clothed with a very short, appressed greyish pubescence, and along the suture a somewhat obliterated line of sub-flavescent hairs replaced by scales on the apical margins. The pygidium and edges of the abdominal segments are covered with yellow, contiguous scales.