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Heterochelus capicola

Heterochelus capicola is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape).

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 6–6.5 mm (0.24–0.26 in). Males are black, with the elytra chocolate-brown. The scutellum, abdomen, and propygidium are clothed with dense flavescent scales. The pygidium is also scaly but has a triangular tomentose patch without scales in the median part of the base. The elytra are covered with dense appressed greyish hairs.

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