Heterochelus escourtianus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).
Adults reach a length of about . They are totally black, the scutellum, pygidial part and abdomen clothed with deep yellow scales. The head and pronotum are densely villose, with the hairs greyish. The pronotum has a shallow median groove reaching from the median part to the base. The elytra are distinctly bi-striate and slightly bi-costulate on each side, coriaceous and clothed with a thick but very short appressed greyish pubescence. The propygidium, abdomen, pectus and legs are villose, with the hairs flavescent.