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Heterochelus bimucronatus

Heterochelus bimucronatus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Western Cape, Northern Cape).

Description

Adults reach a length of about . They are black, with the elytra dark brown, the legs reddish-brown and the antennae black. The base of the pronotum, scutellum, elytra, pygidium, propygidium and abdomen are all covered with greyish-yellow to brownish-yellow scales. The abdomen is mostly white. The head, pronotum, underside and partly also the legs, have white erect hairs.

Subspecies

  • Heterochelus bimucronatus bimucronatus (Western Cape)
  • Heterochelus bimucronatus unimucronatus <small>Kulzer, 1960</small> (Northern Cape)

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