Scapanoclypeus triapicalis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape).
Adults reach a length of about 5.2âÂÂ6.1 mm. They have an elongate body. The head and pronotum are black with reddish-brown margins, the elytra are testaceous, the dorsum and abdomen dark brown and the antennae dark brown.
The species name is derived from Latin triapicalis (meaning having three apices) and refers to the shape of the transverse tricuspid frontal process.