Heterochelus burmeisteri 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 and covered with light golden-yellow scales. The legs are red. The pronotum is clothed with yellow scales, which are slightly more elongate than those on the scutellum and elytra, which are rounder and a little denser. The propygidium, pygidium, and sides of the abdomen are densely scaly, the scales being of the same colour as those on the elytra.