Heterochelus hybridus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).
Adults reach a length of about . Males are black, with the elytra covered with ochre-yellow or orange scales. The pronotum is not scaly, while the pygidium and sides of the abdomen are clothed with orange-yellow scales. The pronotum is clothed with sparse, decumbent, very short greyish hairs. The scutellum is densely scaly. Females are similar to males, but the elytra are redder-brown and clothed with squamose hairs.