Heterochelus spretus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Cape).
Adults reach a length of about . The head, pronotum and abdomen are black, while the legs and elytra are very dark brown. The elytra have a sutural stripe of white scales, as well as a discal stripe consisting of only one row of scales. The rest of the elytra is sparsely covered with short, brown hairs.