Heterochelus serripes is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Cape).
Adults reach a length of about . They are totally red, the elytra covered with elongate, not very closely set, ashy scales, and with a fuscous patch on each side. The head and pronotum are pubescent, the latter with a few squamose hairs along the base. The propygidium, pygidium and abdomen have elongate scales.