Heterochelus forsteri is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape).
Adults reach a length of about . They are black, with only the two frontal pairs of legs and the antennae reddish-brown. The elytra are sometimes brown, but always have a sutural stria, as well as a discal and a lateral stria, which consist of one row of white scales.